euergesy

plural euergesies · alternative evergesy

1. Ancient GreeceA good deed, an act of public benefaction by a wealthy individual.

   [...] Macedon, and that the attested proxeny and euergesy of Alexander resulted from this invaluable assistance towards the creation of the Athenian war fleet.

   1955, Dissertation Abstracts, page 564

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   On the confirmation of proxeny to younger generations see Wilhelm, Att. Urk., IV, pp. 25–6; ibid., V, pp. 18–9, several examples are given of the practice in the 5th cent. B.C. of adducing the proxeny and euergesy of ancestors as a motive when honouring persons; [...].

   1972, Labraunda, page 43

   While the donor of a building during the High Empire sought fame and recognition by praising himself with a fairly clear and technical account of his euergesies - especially where the amount of money spent was concerned - the Late Antique inscriptions vaguely describe the building as a process.

   2010, Ari Saastamoinen, The Phraseology of Latin Building Inscriptions in Roman North Africa, page 403

   I restore, therefore, a grant of proxeny only, without euergesy. Such grants (discussed by Henry, 140–141) are much more unusual than proxeny+euergesy grants.

   2012, Stephen Lambert, Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees, page 264