Oaths And Swearing In Ancient Greece

Author : Alan H. Sommerstein,Isabelle C. Torrance
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110384871

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Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece by Alan H. Sommerstein,Isabelle C. Torrance Pdf

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 the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.

Author : Alan H. Sommerstein,Isabelle C. Torrance
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110227369

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Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece by Alan H. Sommerstein,Isabelle C. Torrance Pdf

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 the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:864822542

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Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece by Anonim Pdf

Explores the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used in Greek life and literature, and their binding power.

Author : Alan H. Sommerstein,Andrew James Bayliss
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110285383

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Oath and State in Ancient Greece by Alan H. Sommerstein,Andrew James Bayliss Pdf

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.

Author : Alan H. Sommerstein,Judith Fletcher
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015070748929

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Horkos by Alan H. Sommerstein,Judith Fletcher Pdf

The importance of oaths to ancient Greek culture can hardly be overstated, especially in the political and judicial fields. This volume derives from a research project on the oath in ancient Greece, and comprises seventeen chapters, exploring a range of aspects of the subject.

Author : Judith Fletcher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139500357

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Performing Oaths in Classical Greek Drama by Judith Fletcher Pdf

Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal, commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is reflected by the fact that much of surviving Greek drama features a formal oath sworn before the audience. This is the first comprehensive study of that phenomenon. The book explores how the oath can mark or structure a dramatic plot, at times compelling characters like Euripides' Hippolytus to act contrary to their best interests. It demonstrates how dramatic oaths resonate with oath rituals familiar to the Athenian audiences. Aristophanes' Lysistrata and her accomplices, for example, swear an oath that blends protocols of international treaties with priestesses' vows of sexual abstinence. By employing the principles of speech act theory, this book examines how the performative power of the dramatic oath can mirror the status quo, but also disturb categories of gender, social status and civic identity in ways that redistribute and confound social authority.

Author : b Joseph Plescia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:807394678

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The Oath and Perjury in Ancient Greece by b Joseph Plescia Pdf

Author : Joseph Plescia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Oaths (Greek law)
ISBN : UCAL:B4919969

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The Oath and Perjury in Ancient Greece by Joseph Plescia Pdf

Author : Collectif
Publisher : Presses universitaires de Liège
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9782821829046

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Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World by Collectif Pdf

The analysis of the dynamic nature of rituals has become a heuristic tool for the investigation not only of religious behaviour and beliefs, but also for the study of social practice and communication in ancient and modern societies. From public assembly gatherings and funerals to celebration of cult feasts or the honouring of individuals, rituals mark socially important occasions, define beginnings and endings, and aid social transitions. Thus, rituals carry all kinds of messages intended to support and express the performance of those involved, and to create the desired results. The present volume brings together a collection of articles on rituals in the Graeco-Roman world, focussing on the interconnection between ritual as a means of communication and communication as a ritual phenomenon. In regarding rituals as an interface in the realm of cultural practices, the contributors demonstrate the manifold function of ritual communication in the life of ancient communities.

Author : David Teegarden
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400848539

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Death to Tyrants! by David Teegarden Pdf

Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter those threats? And did the laws work? Teegarden argues that tyrant-killing legislation facilitated pro-democracy mobilization both by encouraging brave individuals to strike the first blow against a nondemocratic regime and by convincing others that it was safe to follow the tyrant killer's lead. Such legislation thus deterred anti-democrats from staging a coup by ensuring that they would be overwhelmed by their numerically superior opponents. Drawing on modern social science models, Teegarden looks at how the institution of public law affects the behavior of individuals and groups, thereby exploring the foundation of democracy's persistence in the ancient Greek world. He also provides the first English translation of the tyrant-killing laws from Eretria and Ilion. By analyzing crucial ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation, Death to Tyrants! explains how certain laws enabled citizens to draw on collective strength in order to defend and preserve their democracy in the face of motivated opposition.

Author : Melissa Mohr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199742677

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Holy Sh*t by Melissa Mohr Pdf

A humorous, trenchant and fascinating examination of how Western culture's taboo words have evolved over the millennia

Author : Julia Kindt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521110921

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Rethinking Greek Religion by Julia Kindt Pdf

Explores 'polis religion' - a leading paradigm in current studies on ancient Greek religion - and shows ways of moving beyond it.

Author : Peter Krentz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300168808

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The Battle of Marathon by Peter Krentz Pdf

How did the city-state of Athens defeat the invaders from Persia, the first world empire, on the plain of Marathon in 490 BCE? Clever scholars skeptical of our earliest surviving source, Herodotus, have produced one ingenious theory after another. In this stimulating new book, bound to provoke controversy, Peter Krentz argues that Herodotus was right after all. Beginning his analysis with the Athenians’ first formal contact with the Persians in 507 BCE, Krentz weaves together ancient evidence with travelers’ descriptions, archaeological discoveries, geological surveys, and the experiences of modern reenactors and soldiers to tell his story. Krentz argues that before Marathon the Athenian army fought in a much less organized way than the standard view of the hoplite phalanx suggests: as an irregularly armed mob rather than a disciplined formation of identically equipped infantry. At Marathon the Athenians equipped all their fighters, including archers and horsemen, as hoplites for the first time. Because their equipment weighed only half as much as is usually thought, the Athenians and their Plataean allies could charge almost a mile at a run, as Herodotus says they did. Krentz improves on this account in Herodotus by showing why the Athenians wanted to do such a risky thing.

Author : Hippocrates
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : EAN:4064066465933

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On Epidemics by Hippocrates Pdf

"On Epidemics" by Hippocrates (translated by Francis Adams). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Julian Sharman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Swearing
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019417633

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A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman Pdf