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Life, Death, and Litigation in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book #23)

Name: Life, Death, and Litigation in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book #23)
ISBN: 9780876616376

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Court TV would have been nothing new for ancient Athenians, as the sheer quantity of evidence found in the Agora for legal activity makes clear. Every kind of case, from assault and battery to murder, and from small debts to contested fortunes, were heard in various buildings and spaces around the civic center, and the speeches given in defense and prosecution remain some of the masterpieces of Greek literature. As well as describing the spaces where judgments were made (such as the Stoa Basileios, office of the King Archon), the author discusses the progress of some famous cases (known from the speeches of orators like Demosthenes), such as the patrimony suit of a woman named Plangon against the nobleman Mantias, or the assault charge leveled by Ariston against Konon and his sons.

Kategorie:

History - Ancient History

Rok:

1994

Wydanie:

Volume XXIII

Wydawnictwo:

American School of Classical Studies at Athen, Greece

Język:

english

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