Avengers of Blood Homicide in Athenian Law and Custom from Draco to Demosthenes

Name: Avengers of Blood Homicide in Athenian Law and Custom from Draco to Demosthenes
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ISBN: 9783515091237

ISBN-10: 3515091238

ISBN-13: 9783515091237

Edition: 2008

Authors: David D. Phillips

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In 621/0 B.C., the Athenians appointed Draco as their first lawgiver. His homicide laws, which alone survived the general recension of Athenian law by Solon (594/3 B.C.), remained in force down through the Classical period. This book traces the development of Athenian legal and social responses to homicide from the legislation of Draco to the time of the orator Demosthenes (d. 322 B.C.), with particular attention to the Athenian institution of private enmity (echthra), the circumstances and aims of Dracos legislation, familial and religious issues surrounding homicide, and the regime of the Thirty Tyrants and its aftermath.

Book details

List price: $78.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
Publication date: 7/7/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 279
Size: 6.65" wide x 9.45" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Note


Introduction: Enmity, Vegeance, and Litigation



Homicide and Vengeance from Draco to Demosthenes



The Legislation of Draco



Avenging a Homicide in Classical Athens



Homicide, Piety, and the Family



[Demosthenes] 47 and the Limits of Vengeance



Homicide, Vengeance, and the Thirty Tyrants



From Apagoge to Amnesty: Continuity and Change



Lysias 12: Playing by the Rules



Lysias 13: Vengeance Resurgent


Conclusion



Androlepsia


Bibliography


General Index


Index Locorum