the giver’s beneficent feelings.26 Many honorary inscriptions mention the graces (charitas) of the benefactor as the cause for conferring public praise, emphasizing the real and received products of the benefactor’s goodwill toward a city or group.27 Finally, grace can be used to speak of the response to a benefactor and his or her gifts, namely, “gratitude.” Demosthenes provides a helpful window into this aspect in his De Corona as he chides his audience for not responding honorably to those
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