Oath and State in Ancient Greece

Oath and State in Ancient Greece

by Sommerstein, Alan H.

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The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores how oaths functioned in the working of the Greek city-state (polis) and in relations between different states as well as between Greeks and non-Greeks. A.H. Somme…

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The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores how oaths functioned in the working of the Greek city-state (polis) and in relations between different states as well as between Greeks and non-Greeks. A.H. Sommerstein, University of Nottingham, UK; A.J. Bayliss, University of Birmingham, UK.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.
  • Edition:1. Aufl

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  • Description:Online-Ressource.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783110285383, 311028538X, 9783110284386, 3110284383
  • DOI:10.1515/9783110285383
  • oclc:ocn853248943
  • LC Classification:KL4358 .S63 2012
  • Dewey Decimal:342.3808/5

Table of Contents

Preface; Abbreviations; PART ONE: OATHS IN THE POLIS; 1 Introduction; 2 Oaths and citizenship; 2.1 Initial considerations; 2.2 Oaths as stepping-stones to citizenship at Athens; 2.3 The Athenian ephebic oath; 2.4 The oath of the Spartan sworn bands (enōmotiai); 2.5 Citizenship oaths in new states; 2.6 Oaths in synoecisms; 3 Oaths of office; 3.1 Royal oaths; 3.2 High officials: archons and generals; 3.3 The Athenian bouleutic oath; 3.4 Minor officials; 3.5 The exōmosia for office(s); 4 Assemblies; 5 The judicial sphere; 5.1 Homer and Hesiod; 5.2 Archaic practices and their survival; Gortyn.

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Subjects

Droit public (Droit grec) Eid Griechenland Oaths (Greek law) Polis Public law (Greek law) Serments (Droit grec)

Writers

Sommerstein, Alan H.

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