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Law and ethics in Greek and Roman declamation /

Ancient declamation defies easy categorization. It stands at the crossroads of several modern disciplines. Only within the past few decades the complexity of declamation and the promise inherent in its study have come to be recognized. The book contains 13 essays from international scholars, engages...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Amato, Eugenio (Editor ), Citti, Francesco (Editor ), Huelsenbeck, Bart (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Colección:Law & literature (De Gruyter) ; v. 10.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation: Current Perspectives, Future Directions; Law in Declamation: The status legales in Senecan controversiae; Shared Speech in the Collection of the Elder Seneca (Contr. 10.4): Towards a Study of Common Literary Passages as Community Interaction; Forensic Intrusion into the Schools of Rhetoric: A Reading of Cassius Severus' Attack on Cestius Pius; Ambiguous Silence: stuprum and pudicitia in Latin Declamation; Quaedam iura non lege, sed natura: Nature and Natural Law in Roman Declamation.
  • Parricidii sit actio: Killing the Father in Roman DeclamationCases of Poisoning in Greek and Roman Declamation; Truth by Force? Torture as Evidence in Ancient Rhetoric and Roman Law; The Law in the Major Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian; Tyrants and Tyrannicides: Between Literary Creation and Contemporary Reality in Greek Declamation; Nature over Law: Themes of Disowning in Libanius' Declamations; Demosthenes' Moral and Legal Arguments in Libanius' Declamations; Two Laws, Two Loves: Generational Conflict Between a Father and His Son in Choricius' Declamations 5 and 6; Contributors.
  • Index of Ancient NamesIndex of Modern Names; General Index.