Keeping to the point in athenian forensic oratory : law, character and rhetoric / edited by Edward M. Harris and Alberto Esu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Edward M., editor.

Esu, Alberto, editor.

Series:

New approaches to Ancient Greek institutional history.

New Approaches to Ancient Greek Institutional History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]

Summary:

The first volume to connect legal institutions and court arguments in a series of close readings of selected speeches from the Attic Orators.

Contents:

Intro

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part I Keeping to the Point in Major Public Procedures

1 The Rhetoric of the Graphe Paranomon in the Trial on the Crown

2 Law, Office and Honour: Legal Relevance and Forensic Arguments in Demosthenes' Against Androtion

3 Gossip, Morals and Poetry: Legal Relevance in Aeschines' Against Timarchus

4 How Does Lycurgus Keep to His Point? Legal and Rhetorical Relevance in Against Leocrates

5 Institutions, Character and Relevance: Keeping to the Point in Dokimasiai

Part II Keeping to the Point on Hybris, Violence and Disenfranchisement

6 The Legal Charge in Demosthenes' Against Meidias

7 Did Ariston Keep to the Point? Dike Aikeias and Graphe Hybreos in Demosthenes' Against Conon

8 Trial and Error: Impiety and Legal Relevance in Andocides' On the Mysteries

Part III Keeping to the Point on Inheritance and Damages

9 Character Evidence in Isaeus' Speeches from Inheritance Disputes

10 Against Timotheus: Keeping to the Point in a Suit for Damage

Conclusion: Some Rules of Thumb in the Study of Athenian Forensic Oratory

Bibliography

General Index

Index Locorum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781399523899

1399523899

9781399523905

1399523902