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2 - Skilled Workers in the Ancient Greek City: Public Employment, Selection Methods, and Evaluation

from Part I - Professionals and Professional Identity in Greece and Rome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Natacha Massar
Edited by
Edmund Stewart ,
Edward Harris  and
David Lewis
Edmund Stewart
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Edward Harris
Affiliation:
University of Durham
David Lewis
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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Summary

Cities selected and recruited skilled workers for various tasks, offering them contracts, payment and rewards. These will all be examined as well as the technitai’s travels, and the poleis’ assessment and appreciation of individuals and professions as a whole (especially doctors, seers, and architects).

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foreign workerspublic employmentsalarytraining
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Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome , pp. 68 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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