num_pages: 240
description: These remarkable documents of Greek social and cultural history include masterpieces of lively narrative and subtle argument prepared by such orators as Lysias, Antiphon, and Demosthenes. The fifteen cases presented represent the first recorded instances of the working of a democratic jury system under a definite code of law aimed at inexpensive and equal justice for all citizens. Issues examined include murder, assault, property damage, embezzlement, contested legacies, illegal marriage, slander, and civil rights. Also provided are comprehensive background chapters on the professions of law and rhetoric in ancient Athens and explanatory notes clarifying the course of each trial .
language: English
title: The Murder of Herodes & Other Trials from the Athenian Law Courts
titlecomplete: The Murder of Herodes & Other Trials from the Athenian Law Courts
genres: Nonfiction, Classics
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Hackett Publ. Co. Inc.