Inscribed Athenian laws and decrees in the age of Demosthenes : historical essays / by Stephen D. Lambert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambert, S. D., 1960- author.

Series:

Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy ; v. 9.

Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy ; volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Greek--Sources.

Law, Greek.

History.

Athens (Greece)--History--To 1500--Sources.

Athens (Greece).

Greece--History--To 146 B.C--Sources.

Greece.

Inscriptions, Greek--Greece--Athens.

Inscriptions, Greek.

Greece--Athens.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

ix, 333 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Contents:

Fundamentals. The locations of inscribed Athenian laws and decrees in the age of Demosthenes

The selective inscribing of laws and decrees in late classical Athens

Inscribed laws and Decrees and Athenian Policy. What was the point of inscribed honorific decrees in classical Athens?

Some political shifts in Lykourgan Athens

Inscribed Laws and Decrees and the Past. Connecting with the past in Lykourgan Athens : an epigraphical perspective

Inscribing the past in fourth-century Athens

Inscribed Laws and Decrees and Democracy.The rule of law in practice in late classical Athens : an epigraphical perspective

Proposers of inscribed laws and decrees and the distribution of political influence in late classical Athens

Council and assembly in late classical and hellenistic Athens : an epigraphical perspective on democracy

Postscripts. Dedication and decrees commemorating military action in 339/8 BC (IG II2 1155)

The inscribed version of the decree honouring Lykourgos of Boutadai (IG II2 457 + 3207).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Lambert, S. D., 1960- author. Inscribed Athenian laws and decrees in the age of Demosthenes

ISBN:

9789004352483

9004352481

OCLC:

1002418979