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Joshua D. Sosin

Joshua D. Sosin

Associate Professor of Classical Studies
Classical Studies
joshua.sosin@duke.edu
Box 90103, 233 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0103
229A Allen Bldg, Dept. of Classical Studies, Durham, NC 27708
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Scholarly Works - Other

Endowments and Taxation in the Hellenistic World

Other Ancient Society · 2014 This paper suggests that a number of well known Hellenistic endowments were crafted in such a way that, in addition to the pious purposes that they served, they also allowed founders and elite peers to limit tax-liability by sheltering real estate from the ... Full text Open Access Cite

The Son of Suda On-Line

Other · December 12, 2013 The Son of Suda On-Line (SoSOL) represents the first steps towards a collaborative, editorially-controlled, online editor for the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri (DDbDP). Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Integrating Digital Papyrology Phase ... Open Access Cite

Papyrological Navigator

Other · 2010 This is not a book, but digital humanities infrastructure built by a team that I direct under grant-funded research. http://papyri.info ... Cite

Endowed Eponymous Festivals on Delos

Other Second-century BC Delos saw the creation of more than two dozen endowments, by men and women, Delians and aliens, and, most famously, Hellenistic royalty or their agents. Scholars agree that these underwrote festivals (mostly eponymous: The Antigoneia, Eut ... Open Access Cite