Research on International Relationships between Elites in the Eastern Mediterranean World

本研究旨在探讨公元前5至前世纪地中海东部世界的国际友谊，特别是xenia和proxenia的意义。首先，我已经指出，个人的国际友谊是宝贵的，是民主的雅典内部的一种政治资本，与希腊世界的其他地方和其他地方一样。第二，虽然与外国和外国领导人的个人关系理论上是世袭的，但实际上并不限于有限数量的老牌政治家族，而是对新来者开放。民主制度下的雅典在这一领域也有高度的社会流动性。

This research aims to investigate the significance of international friendships, especially xenia and proxenia, in the eastern Mediterranean World from the 5th to 3rd century BC. I have pointed out, first of all, that personal international friendships were valuable and hereditary as a form of political capital within democratic Athens, as elsewhere in the Greek world and beyond. Secondly, while personal connections with foreign states and leaders were theoretically hereditary, they were in practice not exclusive to a limited number of established political families but open to newcomers. Athens under democracy had a high degree of social mobility also in this sphere.