Research Catalog

Title

Trials from classical Athens / Christopher Carey.

Author

Carey, Christopher.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

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Description

1 online resource (305 p.)

Summary

The ancient Athenian legal system is both excitingly familiar and disturbingly alien to the modern reader. It functions within a democracy which shares many of our core values but operates in a disconcertingly different way. Trials from Classical Athens assembles a number of surviving speeches written for trials in Athenian courts, dealing with themes which range from murder and assault, through slander and sexual misconduct to property and trade disputes and minor actions for damage. The texts illuminate key aspects both of Athenian social and political life and the functioning of

Series Statement

Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world

Uniform Title

Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world.

Subject

• Trials > Athens
• Forensic orations

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Note

• Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• English

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• TRIALS FROM CLASSICAL ATHENS; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Maps; Introduction; 1 HOMICIDE CASES; General; Case I: Lysias 1 - On the killing of Eratosthenes; Case II: Antiphon 1 - Accusation of poisoning against the stepmother; Case III: Antiphon 5 - On the killing of Herodes; Case IV: Antiphon 6 - On the chorister; 2 ASSAULT AND WOUNDING; Case V: Lysias 3 - Reply to Simon, a defence; Case VI: Demosthenes 54 - Against Konon for battery; Case VII: Isokrates 20 - Against Lochites; 3 SUITS CONCERNING PROPERTY
• Case VIII: Lysias 32 - Against DiogeitonCase IX: Isaios 3 - On the estate of Pyrrhos; Case X: Isaios 4 - On the estate of Nikostratos; Case XI: Demosthenes 55 - Reply to Kallikles on damage to a farm; 4 CASES CONCERNING COMMERCE; Case XII: Hypereides 3 - Against Athenogenes; Case XIII: Demosthenes 35 - Reply to Lakritos' special plea; Case XIV: Demosthenes 37 - Against Pantainetos; 5 CASES CONCERNING CITIZENSHIP; Case XV: Aischines 1 - Against Timarchos; Case XVI: [Demosthenes] 59 - Against Neaira; Case XVII: Demosthenes 57 - Reply to Euboulides; 6 SACRED OLIVES AND OTHER CASES
• Case XVIII: Lysias 7 - Defence on the olive stumpCase XIX: Lysias 10 - Against Theomnestos; Case XX: Demosthenes 39 - Against Boiotos on the matter of the name; Appendix I Athenian currency; Appendix II The Athenian calendar; Appendix III Glossary of legal terms; Selected further reading; Index

ISBN

• 1-136-62189-X
• 1-136-62190-3
• 0-203-79612-8

LCCN

10.4324/9780203796122

OCLC

• 798531646
• 785775136
• SCSB-10823729

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library