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Auteur(s) : Griffith-Williams, Brenda
Titre(s) : A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios [Texte imprimé] / by Brenda Griffith-Williams
Publication : Leiden : Brill, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-272 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; Vol. 364
Lien à la collection : Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical Antiquity
Comprend : Machine generated contents note: Isaios and His Work ; The Athenian Inheritance
System ; Substantive Law ; Procedure ; The Prevalence of Inheritance Disputes in
Classical Athens ; Kinship Patterns in Athenian Inheritance Disputes ; Wills ;
Evidence and Argumentation ; Persuasion: The Role of the Logographer ; The Reception
of Isaios's Work from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century ; Antiquity ; Modem
Scholarship ; Introduction ; Background and Chronology ; The 'Facts' and the Issues
in Dispute ; The Legal Procedure ; The Structure of the Speech and Means of Persuasion
; The Strength of the Speaker's Case ; Commentary ; Proem (1-4) ; Narrative, Testimony
and Argument: The Quarrel between Apollodoros and Eupolis (5-13) ; Narrative and
Testimony: Apollodoros's Adoption of Thrasyllos (14-17) ; Narrative, Argument, Laws
and Testimony: The Order of Intestate Succession (18-26) ; Narrative and Testimony:
The Enrolment of Thrasyllos in Apollodoros's Deme (27-28) ; Argument and Testimony:
The Succession of Apollodoros Eupolidos (29-32) ; Argument and Testimony: The Character
of the Speaker (33-36) ; Argument: The Character of Apollodoros and His Father (37-42)
; Epilogue (43-45) ; Introduction ; Background and Chronology ; The Speaker's Story
and the Structure of Isaios's Narrative ; The Significance of Character ; The Legal
Issue: The Inheritance Rights of a Daughter's Son ; The Strength of the Speaker's
Case ; Commentary ; Proem (1-6) ; Narrative, Testimony and Argument: The Family
History (7-14) ; Narrative and Testimony: Religious Observance (15-17) ; Narrative,
Argument and Testimony: The Model Athenian Wife (18-20) ; Narrative and Testimony:
The Burial of Kiron (21-27) ; Summary (28-29) ; Argument and Law: The Order of Intestate
Succession (30-34) ; Narrative and Argument: Diokles's Attempts to Take Control of
Kiron's Property (35-39) ; Narrative and Testimony: The Character of Diokles (40-42)
; Epilogue (43-46) ; Introduction ; Kinship Patterns and Family History ; Background
and Chronology ; The Issues in Dispute and the Order of Intestate Succession ; Witness
Testimony ; Structure and Style ; The Strength of the Speaker's Case ; Commentary
; Proem (1-2) ; Narrative: The Death and Burial of Astyphilos (3-6) ; Argument:
The Will (7-16) ; Narrative and Testimony: The Death of Euthykrates and the Family
Feud (17-21) ; Argument, Narrative and Testimony: The Attack on Hierokles (22-26)
; Narrative and Testimony: The Ties of Friendship and Affection (27-30) ; Epilogue
(31-37) ; Introduction ; Background and Chronology ; The Speaker's Story ; The
Legal Proceedings ; Family Relations and the Will of Aristarkhos Junior ; The Adoption
of Kyronides ; The Status of the Speaker's Mother ; The Legal Basis of Posthumous
Adoption ; The Epiklerate and Adoption ; The Succession of Aristarkhos Senior ;
The Strength of the Speaker's Case ; Commentary ; Proem (1-3) ; Narrative (4-6)
; Witness Testimony (7) ; Argument and Law: The Succession of Aristarkhos Senior
(8-17) ; Argument: The Speaker's Reasons for Delaying His Claim (18-21) ; Argument:
The Character of the Speaker and His Opponent (22-25) ; Epilogue (26).
Note(s) : Revision of the author's doctoral thesis, University of London, 2009. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index
In English with quotations in Greek.
In 'A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios', Brenda Griffith-Williams offers
a fresh insight, accessible to non-Greek readers, into four disputed inheritance cases
from the Athenian courts in the 4th century B.C. The only comprehensive English language
commentary on Isaios (Wyse, 1904) reflects a negative view of the Athenian legal system
as one in which the judges, who had no legal training, could be easily outwitted by
an unscrupulous speechwriter with no regard for the truth. By addressing the complex
interplay of factual, legal, and rhetorical issues in the selected speeches, Brenda
Griffith-Williams identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each speaker's case and
presents a more balanced assessment of Isaios's work
Sujet(s) : Isée (0420?-0350? av. J.-C.) -- Critique et interprétation
Successions et héritages (droit grec)
Débats judiciaires -- Athènes (Grèce) -- Antiquité
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004258570 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9004258574 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9789004260184 (erroné) (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43677378t
Notice n° :
FRBNF43677378
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