Citizen and self in ancient Greece
Subtitle: individuals performing justice and the law
By: Vincent Farenga.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780521845595
Subjects: Justice -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.; Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.; Citizenship -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.; Justice, Administration of (Greek law); Greek literature -- History and criticism.; Law and literature.; Justice in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Justice to the dead : prototypes of the citizen and self in early Greece; title: Performing justice in early Greece : dispute settlement in the Iliad; title: Self-transformation and the therapy of justice in the Odyssey; title: Performing the law : the lawgiver, statute law, and the jury trial; title: Citizenship by degrees : ephebes and demagogues in democratic Athens, 465; title: 460; title: The naturalization of citizen and self in democratic Athens, c. 450; title: 411; title: Democracy's narcissistic citizens: Alcibiades and Socrates; title: Conclusion.