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GCSE Classics · key term
A person who provides protection, assistance or resources to a client in return for support and services.
Used by OCR
Paper 2, Paper 4, Paper 5
A person who provides money, gifts or support; in the lives of courtesans, often a man with whom a woman had an ongoing relationship.
Revise: GreeceSome formed lasting relationships with patrons who supported them with money or gifts.
A person who commissions or pays for an artwork, monument or building.
Explain both sides of patronage: clients received assistance, while patrons gained loyalty, public prestige and political support.
Support a judgement about bias with the source’s patron, purpose and specific content. Calling a monument ‘propaganda’ is not a complete explanation.
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A person who provided financial or other assistance to a client in return for loyalty, services and support.
A person who provided protection or assistance to a client and received services and support in return. A freed person’s former owner normally became their patron.
A person or organisation that commissions or pays for an object or monument, potentially influencing its message.