Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780521893916
Subjects: Economic history; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; History; History: American; Ancient Greece; Ancient - General; Finance; Business & Economics-Finance; Credit--Greece--Athens--History; History / Ancient / General
First sentence: Towards the beginning of the fourth century, Aeschines of Sphettos, an Athenian citizen and a former pupil of Socrates, appeared as plaintiff in a court action arising out of an unpaid debt.