Law and Drama in Ancient Greece
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Law and Drama in Ancient Greece

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Law and Drama in Ancient Greece

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The relationship between law and literature is rich and complex. In the past three and half decades, the topic has received much attention from literary critics and legal scholars studying modern literature. Despite the prominence of law and justice in Ancient Greek literature, there has been little interest among Classical scholars in the connections between law and drama. This is the first collection of essays to approach Greek tragedy and comedy from a legal perspective. The volume does not claim to provide an exhaustive treatment of law and literature in ancient Greece. Rather it provides a sample of different approaches to the topic. Some essays show how knowledge of Athenian law enhances our understanding of individual passages in Attic drama and the mimes of Herodas and enriches our appreciation of dramatic techniques. Other essays examine the information provided about legal procedure found in Aristophanes' comedies or the views about the role of law in society expressed in Attic drama. The collection reveals reveal how the study of law and legal procedure can enhance our understanding of ancient drama and bring new insights to the interpretation of individual plays.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2013
ISBN
9781472519856
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Contributors
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Orestes’ Trial and Athenian Homicide Procedure
  7. 2. The Legal Horizon of the Oresteia: The Crime of Homicide and the Founding of the Areopagus
  8. 3. The Legal (and Other) Trials of Orestes
  9. 4. Euripides’ Orestes: The Chronicle of a Trial
  10. 5. Citizens and Non-Citizens in Athenian Tragedy
  11. 6. Paidotrophia and GĂȘrotrophia: Reciprocity and Disruption in Attic Tragedy
  12. 7. Is Oedipus Guilty? Sophocles and Athenian Homicide Law
  13. 8. Aristophanes and Athenian Law
  14. 9. The ‘Assembly’ at the End of Aristophanes’ Knights
  15. 10. Pimps in Court
  16. Index locorum