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1 online resource (1 electronic resource (ix, 463 pages)) |
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Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 1616-0452 ; Band 307 |
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Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 307.
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| Contents |
What is an oath? / A.H. Sommerstein -- Oath and curse / K. Konstantinidou -- Oaths in traditional myth / I.C. Torrance -- Friendship and enmity, trust and suspicion. Oaths between warriors in epic and tragedy / L.A. Kozak -- Oaths in business / A.H. Sommerstein -- The language of oaths. How oaths are expressed / A.H. Sommerstein -- The "Sophoclean" oath / I.C. Torrance -- "Of cabbages and kings": the Eideshort phenomenon /I.C. Torrance -- Ways to give oaths extra sanctity / I.C. Torrance -- Oaths, gender and status. Women and oaths / J. Fletcher -- Servile swearing / A.J. Bayliss -- The oaths of the gods / I.C. Torrance -- Oaths and characterization: two Homeric case studies / L.A. Kozak -- Oratory and rhetoric / A.H. Sommerstein -- "Artful dodging", or the sidestepping of oaths / A.J. Bayliss except as stated -- The difficulty of proving an oath false: the case of Euripides' Cyclops / I.C. Torrance -- The binding power of oaths. Were oaths always totally binding? / A.H. Sommerstein -- The oaths of lovers / A.H. Sommerstein -- The tongue and the mind: responses to Euripides, Hippolytus 612 / I.C. Torrance -- Responses to perjury. Divine responses / I.C. Torrance -- Human responses / K. Konstantinidou -- The informal oath / A.H. Sommerstein -- Swearing oaths in the authorial person / I.C. Torrance -- The Hippocratic Oath / I.C. Torrance -- The decline of the oath? / A.H. Sommerstein |
| 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 the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched."--Provided by publisher |
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Greece |
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oath |
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polis |
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"This volume completes the publication of the project The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece, based at the University of Nottingham"--Preface |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-412) and indexes |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 |
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Oaths (Greek law)
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Public law (Greek law)
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Ancient Greece.
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Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
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Ancient World.
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Classical history -- classical civilisation.
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Empires and historical states.
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History.
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History: earliest times to present day.
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Humanities.
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Other geographical groupings, oceans and seas.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Oaths (Greek law)
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bayliss, Andrew J., contributor
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Fletcher, Judith, author
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Konstantinidou, Kyriaki, author
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Kozak, Lynn, author
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Torrance, Isabelle C., author
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| LC no. |
2020718890 |
| ISBN |
9783110227369 |
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3110227363 |
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9783110384871 |
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3110384876 |
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