The documents in the Attic orators : laws and decrees in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus /
Publisher's description: In this volume, Mirko Canevaro studies the 'state' documents (laws and decrees) preserved in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus. These documents purport to be Athenian statutes and, if authentic, provide invaluable information about Athenian history...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Publisher's description: In this volume, Mirko Canevaro studies the 'state' documents (laws and decrees) preserved in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus. These documents purport to be Athenian statutes and, if authentic, provide invaluable information about Athenian history, law, and institutions. Offering a comprehensive account of the presence of the documents in the corpora of the orators and in the manuscript tradition, this volume summarizes previous scholarship and delineates a new methodology for analyzing the documents. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 389 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191646249 0191646245 9781299735262 1299735266 9780191755491 0191755494 0199668906 9780199668908 |