Economy of ancient Greece

thumb|260px|View of the Ancient Agora of Athens in the foreground. The [[Temple of Hephaestus is to the left and the Stoa of Attalos to the right.]]

ancient Greek artifact made of clay

late Bronze Age shipwreck

thumb|Socrates (Collezione Farnese); Museo Nazionale di Napoli

aspect of history

part of the economy of ancient Greece

pre-Middle Age history of economic thought

public service in ancient Greece established by the city-state

mine in Attica, Greece

work ascribed to Aristotle

The term euthyna () and (in late Greek only) euthyne (), meaning straightening, was the examination of accountability which every public officer underwent on the expiration of his office in some states in Classical Greece. In Athens the examination had two parts; the logos ('statement of account'), concerned the handling of public money and dealt with by a board of ten logistai (λογισταί, accountants), and the euthynai proper, an opportunity to raise any other objection to one's conduct in office, dealt with by a board of ten euthynoi (εὔθυνοι, straighteners) appointed by the boule. These offi

unit of mass

Agyrrhius/Agyrrhios () of the deme Collytus in Attica, was an Athenian politician in the final years of the 5th and early years of the 4th century BCE. His best-known accomplishment was the establishment of pay for attendance at meetings of the Ekklesia (Assembly), in reward for which (apparently) he was elected general in 390/89. He was also named as one of the proposers of a decree to reduce payments to the comic poets. Harpokration gave him credit for establishing the theorika (festival fund) so the poor could attend theater performances, but this attribution is contested by some scholars.

economic term of ancient Greece

ancient Greek marketplace on the island of Delos, Greece

Epidoseis () was a form of non-compulsory, non-tax financial giving in ancient Greece.

ancient Greek writer

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Banausos (Ancient Greek: βάναυσος, plural βάναυσοι, banausoi) is a pejorative term from Ancient Greece applied to the class of manual laborers or artisans, such as blacksmiths, potters, or carpenters. The related abstract noun βαναυσία (banausia), defined by Hesychius as "every craft (τέχνη) [conducted] by means of fire," reflects a folk etymology linking it to "furnace" (βαῦνος, baunos) and "to dry" (αὔω, auō), though its true origins are unknown and it appears only in Attic-Ionic texts from the 5th century BC onward. In contrast, epic heroes in Greek literature called their smiths δημιουργοί