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The Origins of the Law in Homer / Shulamit Almog.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Law & Literature ; 21Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (VII, 142 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110765939
  • 9783110766172
  • 9783110766110
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.933554
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Law and Story -- Chapter 2 Law in the Odyssey – the Story of Motion -- Chapter 3 From The Iliad to the Odyssey – Toward the Juridification of Anger -- Chapter 4 The Metis Syndrome: Women and Law in the Odyssey -- Coda -- Quotations in Headings -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Now in PaperbackSummary: The book aims to introduce the Homeric oeuvre into the law and literature canon. It argues for a reading of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey as primordial narratives on the significance of the rule of law. The book delineates moments of correspondence between the transition from myth to tragedy and the gradual transition from a social existence lacking formal law to an institutionalized legal system as practiced in the polis. It suggests the Homeric epics are a significant milestone in the way justice and injustice were conceptualized, and testify to a growing awareness in Homer’s time that mechanisms that protect both individuals and the collective from acts of unbridled rage are necessary for the continued existence of communities. The book fills a considerable gap in research on ancient Greek drama as well as in discourses about the intersections of law and literature and by doing so, offers new insights into two of the foundational texts of Western culture.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Law and Story -- Chapter 2 Law in the Odyssey – the Story of Motion -- Chapter 3 From The Iliad to the Odyssey – Toward the Juridification of Anger -- Chapter 4 The Metis Syndrome: Women and Law in the Odyssey -- Coda -- Quotations in Headings -- Bibliography -- Index

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The book aims to introduce the Homeric oeuvre into the law and literature canon. It argues for a reading of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey as primordial narratives on the significance of the rule of law. The book delineates moments of correspondence between the transition from myth to tragedy and the gradual transition from a social existence lacking formal law to an institutionalized legal system as practiced in the polis. It suggests the Homeric epics are a significant milestone in the way justice and injustice were conceptualized, and testify to a growing awareness in Homer’s time that mechanisms that protect both individuals and the collective from acts of unbridled rage are necessary for the continued existence of communities. The book fills a considerable gap in research on ancient Greek drama as well as in discourses about the intersections of law and literature and by doing so, offers new insights into two of the foundational texts of Western culture.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)