From household gossip to public beatings, this social history explores the many channels through which Athenian maintained public order. Virginia Hunter draws m

Drawing on a wide variety of source material from art archaeology, administrative documents, Egyptian papyri, laws Jewish and Christian religious texts and anci

The Law in Action in Democratic Athens is the first extensive study of the importance of the rule of law in Athenian democracy.

Using current socio-psychological research, this book reveals exactly why amateur Athenian hoplites unhesitatingly engaged their enemies in savage close-quarter

The classical Athenian 'state' had almost no formal coercive apparatus to ensure order or compliance with law: there was no professional police force or public