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Nomos

Nomos
Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society

Stephen Todd, Paul Millett, Paul Cartledge, Trevor Saunders, Robin Osborne, David Harvey, Nick Fisher, Oswyn Murray, David Cohen, Paul Millett
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  • Date Published: November 2003
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521522090

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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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    • Date Published: November 2003
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521522090
    • length: 260 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 154 x 17 mm
    • weight: 0.408kg
    • contains: 2 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Notes on contributors
    List of abbreviations
    Preface
    1. Law, society and Athens Stephen Todd and Paul Millett
    2. The purpose of evidence in Athenian courts Stephen Todd
    3. Fowl play: a curious lawsuit in classical Athens Paul Cartledge
    4. Plato and the Athenian law of theft Trevor Saunders
    5a. Vexatious litigation in classical Athens: sykophancy and sykophant Robin Osborne
    5b. The sykophant and sykophancy: vexatious redefinitions? David Harvey
    6a. The law of hubris in Athens Nick Fisher
    6b. The Solonian law of Hubris Oswyn Murray
    7. The social context of adultery at Athens David Cohen
    8. Sale, credit and exchange in Athenian law and society Paul Millett
    References
    Glossary
    Index.

  • Editors

    Paul Cartledge

    Paul Millett

    Stephen Todd

    Contributors

    Stephen Todd, Paul Millett, Paul Cartledge, Trevor Saunders, Robin Osborne, David Harvey, Nick Fisher, Oswyn Murray, David Cohen, Paul Millett

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