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Most ancient history focuses on the urban elite. Papyrology explores the daily lives of the more typical men and women in antiquity. Aphrodito, a village in sixth-century AD Egypt, is antiquity's best source for micro-level social history. The archive of Dioskoros of Aphrodito introduces thousands of people living the normal business of their lives: loans, rent contracts, work agreements, marriage, divorce. In exceptional cases, the papyri show raw conflict: theft, plunder, murder. Throughout, Dioskoros struggles to keep his family in power in Aphrodito, and to keep Aphrodito independent from the local tax collectors. The emerging picture is a different vision of Roman late antiquity than what we see from the view of the urban elites. It is a world of free peasants building networks of trust largely beyond the reach of the state. Aphrodito's eighth-century AD papyri show that this world dies in the early years of Islamic rule.

Aphrodito (Extinct city) --- Egypt --- History. --- History --- Aphroditopolis (Ancient city) --- Aphroditopolis (Sūhāj, Egypt : Extinct city) --- Antiquities --- E-books --- 30 B.C.-1250 A.D. --- Egypt. --- Atfih. --- Country life --- Rural conditions.

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Social network analysis maps relationships and transactions between people and groups. This text was the first book-length application of this method to the ancient world, using the abundant documentary evidence from sixth-century Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in Egypt. Professor Ruffini combines a prosopographical survey of both sites with computer analyses of the topographical and social networks in their papyri. He thereby uncovers hierarchical social structures in Oxyrhynchos not present in Aphrodito, and is able for the first time to trace the formation of the famous Apion estate. He can also use quantitative techniques to locate the central players in the Aphrodito social landscape, allowing us to see past the family of Dioskoros to discover the importance of otherwise unknown figures. He argues that the apparent social differences between Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in fact represent different levels of geographic scale, both present within the same social model.

Social networks --- Social networks. --- History. --- 30 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Bahnasā (Egypt) --- Aphrodito (Extinct city) --- Egypt --- Egypt. --- History --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Bahnasā (Egypt) --- Al Bahnasā (Egypt) --- El-Bahnasa (Egypt) --- Oxirrinc (Egypt) --- Oxyrhynchos (Egypt) --- Aphroditopolis (Ancient city) --- Aphroditopolis (Sūhāj, Egypt : Extinct city) --- Antiquities --- Ancient history --- Arts and Humanities

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Dioscore d'Aphrodité est un cas unique en papyrologie : le dossier de ce notable lettré d'un village de Moyenne-Égypte (VIe s. apr. J.-C.) comprend à la fois ses archives documentaires, sa bibliothèque et les brouillons de ses œuvres poétiques. Ce livre propose une édition critique et commentée de la partie littéraire de ce riche ensemble. Tout d'abord, des textes nouveaux ou partiellement inédits provenant de sa bibliothèque : une Iliade d'Homère, un livre de Scholies à l'Iliade et des tables de conjugaisons verbales. Dans une seconde partie, l'œuvre même de Dioscore : 51 textes autographes, presque tous en vers, traduits, annotés et replacés dans leur contexte littéraire et historique. Un chapitre conclusif tente de brosser le profil culturel de Dioscore en s'appuyant sur sa bibliothèque, sur son œuvre, mais aussi sur ses textes documentaires. La combinaison de ces trois sources permet de faire revivre conjointement l'élève, le lecteur et le créateur, autant de phases que le papyrologue ou l'historien de la littérature est habituellement obligé d'appréhender séparément. Elle met aussi au jour d'intéressantes interactions entre littérature et documents, révélatrices des options culturelles de la société antique tardive. C'est donc, plus généralement, de la culture grecque dans une province du VIe s. que traite cet ouvrage.

Greeks --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- Hellenism --- Grecs --- Papyrus grecs --- Hellénisme --- History --- Sources --- Histoire --- Dioscorus, --- Egypt --- Egypte --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Greek poetry, Hellenistic --- Translations into French. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Library --- Aphrodito (Extinct city) --- Hellenistic Greek poetry --- Greek papyri --- Papyri, Greek --- Translations into French --- Aphrodito, Dioscorus of --- Dioscore, --- Dioscoro, --- Διόσκορος, --- Dioskoros, --- Aphroditopolis (Ancient city) --- Aphroditopolis (Sūhāj, Egypt : Extinct city) --- E-books --- Hellénisme --- Antiquités --- Greek literature, Hellenistic --- Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri) --- Manuscripts (Papyri) --- Antiquities

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Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- Manuscripts, Coptic (Papyri) --- Papyrus grecs --- Papyrus coptes --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Dioscorus, --- Conferences - Meetings --- Coptic manuscripts (Papyri) --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Poets, Greek --- Archiv. --- Ancient Egypt --- 4th century --- Dioskoros (von Aphrodito) --- Geschichte 500-600. --- Kawm Ishqâw. --- 4th century. --- Dioskoros (von Aphrodito). --- Law --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Greek papyri --- Papyri, Greek --- Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri) --- Manuscripts (Papyri) --- Greek poets --- History --- Aphrodito, Dioscorus of --- Dioscore, --- Dioscoro, --- Διόσκορος, --- Dioskoros, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Aphrodito (Extinct city) --- Aphroditopolis (Ancient city) --- Aphroditopolis (Sūhāj, Egypt : Extinct city) --- Egypt --- Politics and government --- Sources --- Antiquities --- Papyrology --- Dioscorus (0520-0585?) --- Papyrus byzantins --- Empire byzantin --- Archives --- Égypte --- Civilisation --- Aphrodito (ville ancienne) --- Jusqu'à 527