The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contributi

The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contributi

Klassisches Altertum - Ritual - Kult - Gesellschaft.

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

We often talk loosely of the “tyranny of the majority” as a threat to the workings of democracy. But, in ancient Greece, the analogy of demos and tyrant was