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Policing Athens : social control in the Attic lawsuits, 420-320 B.C. /
From household gossip to public beatings, this social history explores the many channels through which Athenians maintained public order. Virginia Hunter draws mostly on Attic court proceedings, which allowed for a wide range of evidence, including common rumors about a defendant's character an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Princeton legacy library ;
5271. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Policing and Social Control
- Ch. 1. Kyrios: Authority and Ambiguity in the Athenian Household
- Ch. 2. Trouble in the House: Disputes among Kin and Their Resolution Out of Court
- Appendix: Kin Disputes
- Ch. 3. Slaves in the Household: Was Privacy Possible?
- Appendix 1: Torture
- Appendix 2: Instances of Torture
- Appendix 3: What Slaves Knew
- Ch. 4. The Politics of Reputation: Gossip as a Social Construct
- Appendix: Gossip in the Lawsuits
- Ch. 5. Policing Athens: Private Initiative and Its Limits
- Appendix: Did Ephebes Have a Role as Police?
- Ch. 6. The Body of the Slave: Corporal Punishment in Athens
- Conclusion: Athenian Society and State Reconsidered.