wealthy willing to part with vast sums of money for the good of the city. The list could go on endlessly: the virtues and behaviors that preserved the order and stability of a culture, and made for its growth and improvement, were rewarded with honor. Those who did their part in both the private and public spheres were affirmed as valuable persons of worth. Those who violated those values, whether through adultery (attacking the stability of the family), through cowardice (undermining the security