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Rhetoric and the Law of Draco
Carawan, Edwin (Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Southwest Missouri State University)
Rhetoric and the Law of Draco
Carawan, Edwin (Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Southwest Missouri State University)
Trials for murder and manslaughter in ancient Athens are preserved in an outstandingly full and revealing record. Carawan offers a systematic treatment of Athenian homicide trials, outlining the historical development of the law, from Draco to Demosthenes, and analysing the surviving speeches written for such proceedings.
408 pages, bibliography
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 26, 1998 |
ISBN13 | 9780198150862 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 428 |
Dimensions | 145 × 225 × 28 mm · 654 g |