Oath and State in Ancient Greece
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 v...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Berlin ; Boston (Mass.) :
De Gruyter
2012.
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| Col·lecció: | Beiträge zur Altertumskunde
volume 306 |
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| Accés en línia: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme ISTEX Accès Université d'Orléans |
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De Gruyter e-books Corpus Sciences de l'Antiquité (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Oath and state in ancient Greece, Alan H. Sommerstein and Andrew J. Bayliss, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2013, 1 vol. (ix-376 p.), Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 978-3-11-028438-6 |
Taula de continguts:
- PART ONE. OATHS IN THE POLIS
- PART TWO. OATHS AND INTERSTATE RELATIONS
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Topics
- Index locorum
- 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
- 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

