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Horkos: The Oath in Greek Society

By Alan H. Sommerstein

Book information

Publisher
Phoenix Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781904675679, 1904675670
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6623223 bytes)
Pages
\316
Time added
2021-08-13 08:51:40

Description

The importance of oaths to ancient Greek culture can hardly be overstated, especially in the political and judicial fields; but they have never been the object of a comprehensive, systematic study.This volume derives from a research project on the oath in ancient Greece, and comprises seventeen chapters by experts in law, in political and social history, in literary criticism, and in cross-cultural studies, exploring the subject from a broad spectrum of positions. Topics covered include the nature of ancient Greek oaths; the functions they performed within communities and in relations between them; their exploitation in literary texts and at critical moments in history; and connections between Greek oath phenomena and those of other cultures with which Greek came into contact, from the Hittites to the Romans.

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