Horkos

Horkos
Author :
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Total Pages : 328
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015070748929
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Book Synopsis Horkos by : Alan H. Sommerstein

Download or read book Horkos written by Alan H. Sommerstein and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of oaths to ancient Greek culture can hardly be overstated, especially in the political and judicial fields. This volume derives from a research project on the oath in ancient Greece, and comprises seventeen chapters, exploring a range of aspects of the subject.


Horkos Related Books

Promise-Giving and Treaty Making
Language: en
Pages: 246
Authors: Peter Karavites
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book challenges the current view of the Homeric epics, according to which they reflect only the institutions and ideas of their own time, telling us nothin
Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece
Language: en
Pages: 461
Authors: Alan H. Sommerstein
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-04 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contributi
Performing Oaths in Classical Greek Drama
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: Judith Fletcher
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal, commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is reflected by the fact that much of sur
Jewish Ethnic Identity and Relations in Hellenistic Egypt
Language: en
Pages: 303
Authors: Stewart Moore
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-14 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Jewish Ethnic Identity and Relations in Hellenistic Egypt, Stewart Moore investigates the foundations of common assumptions about ethnicity. To maintain one�
Oaths and Vows
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Adam B Seligman
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-08-19 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Oaths, vows, promises, curses - all share family resemblances. They are performatives, carrying illocutionary force. Oaths have rightly been termed, "conditiona