Sommerstein / Bayliss Oath and State in Ancient Greece

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-028538-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 306, 386 Seiten

Reihe: Beiträge zur AltertumskundeISSN

The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores how oaths functioned in the working of the Greek city-state (polis) and in relations between different states as well as between Greeks and non-Greeks.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sommerstein, Alan H.

Bayliss, Andrew James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Abbreviations;10
3;PART ONE: OATHS IN THE POLIS;11
3.1;1 Introduction;13
3.2;2 Oaths and citizenship;19
3.2.1;2.1 Initial considerations;19
3.2.2;2.2 Oaths as stepping-stones to citizenship at Athens;21
3.2.3;2.3 The Athenian ephebic oath;23
3.2.4;2.4 The oath of the Spartan sworn bands (enomotiai);32
3.2.5;2.5 Citizenship oaths in new states;39
3.2.6;2.6 Oaths in synoecisms;41
3.3;3 Oaths of office;43
3.3.1;3.1 Royal oaths;44
3.3.2;3.2 High officials: archons and generals;48
3.3.3;3.3 The Athenian bouleutic oath;50
3.3.4;3.4 Minor officials;53
3.3.5;3.5 The exomosia for office(s);54
3.4;4 Assemblies;57
3.5;5 The judicial sphere;67
3.5.1;5.1 Homer and Hesiod;67
3.5.2;5.2 Archaic practices and their survival; Gortyn;72
3.5.3;5.3 Athens: introduction;77
3.5.4;5.4 The dicastic oath;79
3.5.5;5.5 Litigants’ preliminary oaths;90
3.5.6;5.6 Excusing absence;91
3.5.7;5.7 Oath to avoid irrelevance?;92
3.5.8;5.8 Oaths and oath-offers during court speeches;96
3.5.9;5.9 Did witnesses swear?;97
3.5.10;5.10 Refusing to testify: the exomosia;101
3.5.11;5.11 Oath-challenges;111
3.5.12;5.12 The antidosis;118
3.5.13;5.13 Arbitrators;118
3.5.14;5.14 Homicide and the Areopagus;121
3.5.15;5.15 Nomothetai;125
3.5.16;5.16 Judges of festival competitions;128
3.6;6 Sunomosiai (conspiracies);130
3.7;7 (Re)uniting the citizen body;139
4;PART TWO: OATHS AND INTERSTATE RELATIONS;155
4.1;Introduction;157
4.2;8 The formulation and procedure of interstate oaths;161
4.2.1;8.1 Rituals;161
4.2.2;8.2 Gods invoked;170
4.2.3;8.3 Divine punishment;177
4.2.4;8.4 Giving and receiving oaths: who swears?;185
4.3;9 Oaths in alliances;195
4.3.1;9.1 “We will fight together”;196
4.3.2;9.2 The Oath at Plataea;202
4.3.3;9.3 Anti-deceit clauses;209
4.3.4;9.4 Mutual-defence clauses;211
4.3.5;9.5 Oaths to have the same enemies and friends: the Delian League oaths;215
4.3.6;9.6 “The Lacedaemonians and their allies” — the oaths of the Peloponnesian League;222
4.3.6.1;9.6.1 The origins of the Bündnissystem: “I will follow whithersoever the Spartans may lead”;226
4.3.6.2;9.6.2 Sparta and her allies between the Persian Wars and the Thirty Years’ Peace;232
4.3.6.3;9.6.3 Sparta and her allies finally defined — the Thirty Years’ Peace;238
4.3.6.4;9.6.4 The power of the “full” oath;241
4.3.7;9.7 Oaths between multiple equals;244
4.3.8;9.8 “Old” oaths of alliance;246
4.4;10 Oaths in peace treaties;251
4.4.1;10.1 Pouring the peace libations;252
4.4.2;10.2 The historical origins of sworn peace treaties;254
4.4.3;10.3 The first sworn peace treaties;257
4.4.4;10.4 The Thirty Years’ Peace of 446/5: Sparta’s fear of Athens or fear of the gods?;259
4.4.5;10.5 The Peace of Nicias;265
4.4.6;10.6 The King’s Peace of 387/6: reconsidering Sparta’s alleged violation of her oaths;276
4.4.7;10.7 The Peace of Philocrates: debunking Philip’s reputation as a perjurer;290
4.5;11 Battlefield truces;301
4.5.1;11.1 Truces for collecting the dead — spondai peri nekron;301
4.5.2;11.2 Other sworn truces;312
4.6;12 Oaths and “the barbarian”;317
4.6.1;12.1 The Trojan War;318
4.6.2;12.2 Ritual and manipulation of language;320
4.6.3;12.3 Persians: politics, perjury, approbation;322
4.6.4;12.4 Conclusions;330
4.7;13 Conclusion: the efficacy of oaths;333
5;Bibliography;337
6;Index of names and topics;349
7;Index locorum;370

Über Autor(innen)

A. H. Sommerstein, University of Nottingham, UK; A. J. Bayliss, University of Birmingham, UK.