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Journal Article
Archaic and Classical Atimia: Citizenship, Religious Exclusion, and Pollution
2022
Overview
This essay argues that the punishment of atimia, the restriction of citizenship rights, had a primarily religious nature. The loss of social, legal, or political privileges associated with atimia varied in its particulars among poleis, but in nearly every case it entailed a sacred punishment. This consistent feature reflected the Greek understanding of citizenship as a covenant with the divine. Exclusion from the covenant underpinned the loss of citizenship rights associated with atimia. The religious nature of atimia is most apparent in the epigraphical evidence—particularly foundation decrees—and in the overlap of crimes that merited both atimia and pollution.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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