UID:
almafu_9958073927102883
Format:
1 online resource (473 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-11-038487-6
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3-11-022736-3
Series Statement:
Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, Band 307
Content:
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.
Note:
"This volume completes the publication of the project The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece, based at the University of Nottingham"--Preface.
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What is an oath? /
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Oath and curse /
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Oaths in traditional myth /
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Oaths between warriors in epic and tragedy /
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Oaths in business /
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How oaths are expressed /
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The "Sophoclean" oath /
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"Of cabbages and kings": the Eideshort phenomenon /I.C. Torrance --
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Ways to give oaths extra sanctity /
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Women and oaths /
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Servile swearing /
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The oaths of the gods /
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Oaths and characterization: two Homeric case studies /
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Oratory and rhetoric /
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"Artful dodging", or the sidestepping of oaths /
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The difficulty of proving an oath false: the case of Euripides' Cyclops /
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Were oaths always totally binding? /
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The oaths of lovers /
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The tongue and the mind: responses to Euripides, Hippolytus 612 /
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Human responses /
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The informal oath /
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Swearing oaths in the authorial person /
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The Hippocratic Oath /
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The decline of the oath? /
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-020059-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-174018-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110227369
URL:
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