
Published online:
03 November 2014
Published in print:
28 August 2014
Online ISBN:
9780191750106
Print ISBN:
9780199589425
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Introduction Introduction
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Value Economics Value Economics
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Animals, Wealth, and Values Animals, Wealth, and Values
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Animals and The Market Animals and The Market
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Conclusions Conclusions
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Suggested Reading Suggested Reading
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References References
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Chapter
8 Value Economics: Animals, Wealth, and the Market
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Timothy Howe
Timothy Howe
history, St Olaf College
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Timothy Howe, St. Olaf College.
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136–155
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Published:03 March 2014
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Howe, Timothy, 'Value Economics: Animals, Wealth, and the Market', in Gordon Lindsay Campbell (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life (2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 3 Nov. 2014), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589425.013.008, accessed 8 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter examines value economics in ancient Greece and Rome and the attitudes towards animals, wealth, and the market. It analyses Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey in order to understand the connections between animals and wealth because these epics served as foundations for elite behaviour and conceptions of identity. The analysis suggests that the Greeks and Romans were extremely conservative in their views about status-related activities, especially wealth measurement, markets, and wealth production, and they owned and they sold animals to improve their social status by showing that they were wealthy and part of a landed elite.
Keywords:
value economics, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, animals, wealth, market, Iliad, Odyssey, landed elite, social status
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Oxford Handbooks
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Oxford Handbooks Online
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