From Bedroom to Courtroom
Subtitle: Law and Justice in the Greek Novel
Publisher: Barkhuis Publishing
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9789492444080
Subjects: Greece, history; Justice, administration of, greece; Law in literature
Description: From Bedroom to Courtroom? argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre's emphasis on love and chastity, the specter of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that develop into elaborate trials. Such scenes shed light on the Greek reception of the criminalization of adultery promulgated by the moral legislation during the reign of Augustus. This book focuses on three major novels whose composition coincided with the extension of Roman citizenship when access to Roman courts was granted to increasing numbers of inhabitants of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.