Nomos

Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society

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Paperback | 13 November 2003

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The relationship between law, politics and society in democratic Athens is a central but neglected aspect of ancient Greek history that is beginning to attract increasing interest. Nomos brings together ten essays by a group of British and American scholars who aim to explore ways in which Athenian legal texts can be read in their social and cultural context. The focus is on classical Athens, since that is where the evidence is fullest, but the range of sources examined is broad, including the whole spectrum of literary and epigraphical texts, with special reference to the corpus of Athenian forensic oratory. All passages from Greek are translated; technical and legal terms, modern as well as ancient, are explained in a comprehensive glossary. These essays are designed to be accessible to those interested in social history and legal anthropology, as well as to historians of the ancient world.

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Non-Fiction Law Jurisprudence & General Issues Legal History History Regional & National History European History Earliest Times to Present Day Ancient History to the Year 500 Classical History & Civilisation General & World History Laws of Specific Jurisdictions

Constitutional & Administrative Law

Notes on contributors
List of abbreviations
Preface
Law, society and Athens
The purpose of evidence in Athenian courts
Fowl play: a curious lawsuit in classical Athens
Plato and the Athenian law of theft Trevor
Vexatious litigation in classical Athens: sykophancy and sykophant
The sykophant and sykophancy: vexatious redefinitions
The law of hubris in Athens
The Solonian law of Hubris
The social context of adultery at Athens
Sale, credit and exchange in Athenian law and society
References
Glossary
Index
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