From bedroom to courtroom : law and justice in the Greek novel /

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From Bedroom to Courtroom argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre's emphasis on love and chastity, the specter of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwartz, Saundra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Eelde, Netherlands] : Groningen : Barkhuis ; Groningen University Library, 2016.
Colección:Ancient narrative. Supplementum ; 21.
Temas:
Chariton. > De Chaerea et Callirrhoe > Criticism, Textual.
Achilles Tatius. > Leucippe and Clitophon > Criticism, Textual.
Heliodorus, > of Emesa. > Aethiopica > Criticism, Textual.
Aethiopica (Heliodorus, of Emesa)
De Chaerea et Callirrhoe (Chariton)
Leucippe and Clitophon (Achilles Tatius)
Roman law > Influence.
Law in literature.
Adultery (Roman law)
Droit romain > Influence.
Droit dans la littérature.
Adultère (Droit romain)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Rhetoric and realia
  • Roman law in the Greek world
  • The form of the trial scene
  • Chariton, Callirhoe. In the shadow of the Lex Julia de adulteriis coercendis?
  • Trial 1. A crime of passion : uxoricide
  • Trial 2. Pirates of the Mediterranean : tomb robbery and kidnapping
  • Trial 3. A Hellene in the King's court : malfeasance
  • Trial by battle : bigamy
  • Conclusion
  • Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. Legal pluralism in Roman Alexandria
  • Trial 5. Facts not in evidence : murder
  • Trial 6. Judicium deorum : sacrilege
  • Conclusion
  • Heliodorus, Aethiopica. Patria Potestas after the Antonine Constitution
  • Trial 7. In the name off the father : patricide
  • Trial 8. The fury's whip : entrapment
  • Trial 9. Innocents abroad : poisoning
  • Trial 10. A royal paternity suit : infanticide
  • Trial 11. Lost and found : abduction
  • Conclusion
  • General conclusion.

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