English summary: In classical Athens civilians had to obey a strong, yet flexible code of honour and an equally decisive law of the Polis. This study shows new ways of interpreting the civilians' behaviour taking into account that they were bound to both the laws of honour and t…
"In this book, Rachel Hall Sternberg draws on evidence from Greek oratory and historiography of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE to study the moral universe of the ancient Athenians: how citizens may have treated one another in times of adversity, when and how they were expect…
"In this book, Rachel Hall Sternberg draws on evidence from Greek oratory and historiography of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE to study the moral universe of the ancient Athenians: how citizens may have treated one another in times of adversity, when and how they were expect…