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 ; Volume 9.

Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy, 1876-2557 ; Volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Greek--Sources.

Law, Greek.

Inscriptions, Greek--Greece--Athens.

Inscriptions, Greek.

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

Athens (Greece).

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

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

This book collects twelve papers which make original contributions to the historical interpretation of inscribed Athenian laws and decrees, with a core focus on significant historical shapes and patterns implicit in the corpus of the age of Demosthenes. Following a synthetic Introduction, two chapters analyse locations and selectivity of inscribing, four explore the implications of the inscriptions for Athenian policy and for developing attitudes to the past, three for aspects of Athenian democracy. The volume concludes with two studies of specific inscriptions. Some of the papers have appeared elsewhere in conference proceedings and Festschriften, some are published here for the first time. The volume complements the author’s previous collection, Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees 352/1-322/1 BC: Epigraphical Essays .

Contents:

Introduction

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 Athens1

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)1

The Inscribed Version of the Decree Honouring Lykourgos of Boutadai (ig ii2 457 and 3207)1.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-35249-X

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004352490 DOI