From bedroom to courtroom : law and justice in the Greek novel / by Saundra Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Saundra, author.

Series:

Ancient narrative. Supplementum ; 21.

Ancient narrative. Supplementum ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roman law--Influence.

Roman law.

Law in literature.

Adultery (Roman law).

Chariton. De Chaerea et Callirrhoe--Criticism, Textual.

Chariton.

Achilles Tatius. Leucippe and Clitophon--Criticism, Textual.

Achilles Tatius.

Heliodorus, of Emesa. Aethiopica--Criticism, Textual.

Heliodorus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Groningen, [Netherlands] : Barkhuis : Groningen University Library, 2016.

Summary:

From Bedroom to Courtroom? argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre's emphasis on love and chastity, the specter of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that develop into elaborate trials. Such scenes shed light on the Greek reception of the criminalization of adultery promulgated by the moral legislation during the reign of Augustus. This book focuses on three major novels whose composition coincided with the extension of Roman citizenship when access to Roman courts was granted to increasing numbers of inhabitants of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.

Contents:

Introduction. Rhetoric and realia

Roman law in the Greek world

The form of the trial scene

Chariton, Callirhoe. In the shadow of the Lex Julia de adulteriis coercendis?

Trial 1. A crime of passion : uxoricide

Trial 2. Pirates of the Mediterranean : tomb robbery and kidnapping

Trial 3. A Hellene in the King's court : malfeasance

Trial by battle : bigamy

Conclusion

Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. Legal pluralism in Roman Alexandria

Trial 5. Facts not in evidence : murder

Trial 6. Judicium deorum : sacrilege

Heliodorus, Aethiopica. Patria Potestas after the Antonine Constitution

Trial 7. In the name off the father : patricide

Trial 8. The fury's whip : entrapment

Trial 9. Innocents abroad : poisoning

Trial 10. A royal paternity suit : infanticide

Trial 11. Lost and found : abduction

General conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789492444202

9492444208

OCLC:

1023551257