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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; 306Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110284386
  • 9783110285383
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE. OATHS IN THE POLIS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Oaths and citizenship -- 3 Oaths of office -- 4 Assemblies -- 5 The judicial sphere -- 6 Sunōmosiai (conspiracies) -- 7 (Re)uniting the citizen body -- PART TWO. OATHS AND INTERSTATE RELATIONS -- Introduction -- 8 The formulation and procedure of interstate oaths -- 9 Oaths in alliances -- 10 Oaths in peace treaties -- 11 Battlefield truces -- 12 Oaths and “the barbarian” -- 13 Conclusion: the efficacy of oaths -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Topics -- Index locorum
Summary: 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.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE. OATHS IN THE POLIS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Oaths and citizenship -- 3 Oaths of office -- 4 Assemblies -- 5 The judicial sphere -- 6 Sunōmosiai (conspiracies) -- 7 (Re)uniting the citizen body -- PART TWO. OATHS AND INTERSTATE RELATIONS -- Introduction -- 8 The formulation and procedure of interstate oaths -- 9 Oaths in alliances -- 10 Oaths in peace treaties -- 11 Battlefield truces -- 12 Oaths and “the barbarian” -- 13 Conclusion: the efficacy of oaths -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Topics -- Index locorum

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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