The Murder Of Herodes And Other Trials From The Athenian Law-Courts
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Discoloured top-edge from age wear, minor scuffing to edge of DJ.
From the dust and drama of the ancient Athenian agora comes one of the most vivid windows into Greek legal and civic life ever assembled in English — The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts presents a carefully curated selection of real forensic speeches delivered before Athenian juries, covering cases of murder, political intrigue, fraud, and personal honour. Kathleen Freeman translates and contextualises these ancient orations — drawn from the works of masters such as Antiphon, Lysias, and Demosthenes — bringing to life a legal world where rhetoric was the supreme weapon and a skilled speaker could mean the difference between life and death. Each case is introduced with scholarly clarity, allowing modern readers to grasp not only the legal arguments but the rich social fabric of classical Athens. Freeman, a distinguished classicist and translator, presents these proceedings with both academic rigour and a storyteller's instinct for drama, illuminating the humanity, cunning, and passion that animated Athenian democracy at its most raw. The speeches chronicle betrayal between citizens, vendettas across social classes, and the ruthless machinery of a legal system simultaneously sophisticated and brutal. For anyone captivated by the origins of Western law and the fierce intelligence of ancient Greek rhetoric, this collection poses a question that lingers long after the final verdict: in a city that invented democracy, was justice ever truly blind?
Author: Kathleen Freeman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1946, Macdonald
Genre: Ancient history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Discoloured top-edge from age wear, minor scuffing to edge of DJ.
From the dust and drama of the ancient Athenian agora comes one of the most vivid windows into Greek legal and civic life ever assembled in English — The Murder of Herodes and Other Trials from the Athenian Law-Courts presents a carefully curated selection of real forensic speeches delivered before Athenian juries, covering cases of murder, political intrigue, fraud, and personal honour. Kathleen Freeman translates and contextualises these ancient orations — drawn from the works of masters such as Antiphon, Lysias, and Demosthenes — bringing to life a legal world where rhetoric was the supreme weapon and a skilled speaker could mean the difference between life and death. Each case is introduced with scholarly clarity, allowing modern readers to grasp not only the legal arguments but the rich social fabric of classical Athens. Freeman, a distinguished classicist and translator, presents these proceedings with both academic rigour and a storyteller's instinct for drama, illuminating the humanity, cunning, and passion that animated Athenian democracy at its most raw. The speeches chronicle betrayal between citizens, vendettas across social classes, and the ruthless machinery of a legal system simultaneously sophisticated and brutal. For anyone captivated by the origins of Western law and the fierce intelligence of ancient Greek rhetoric, this collection poses a question that lingers long after the final verdict: in a city that invented democracy, was justice ever truly blind?