Inscribed Athenian laws and decrees in the age of Demosthenes /

This book collects twelve papers which make original contributions to the historical interpretation of inscribed Athenian laws and decrees, with a core focus on significant historical shapes and patterns implicit in the corpus of the age of Demosthenes. Following a synthetic Introduction, two chapte...

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Main Author: Lambert, S. D., 1960-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy 9.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004327986.

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Call Number: KL4115.A75

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fundamentals
  • The Locations of Inscribed Athenian Laws and Decrees in the Age of Demosthenes*
  • The Selective Inscribing of Laws and Decrees in Late Classical Athens*
  • Inscribed Laws and Decrees and Athenian Policy
  • What was the Point of Inscribed Honorific Decrees in Classical Athens?*
  • Some Political Shifts in Lykourgan Athens1
  • Inscribed Laws and Decrees and the Past
  • Connecting with the Past in Lykourgan Athens: An Epigraphical Perspective
  • Inscribing the Past in Fourth-Century Athens*
  • Inscribed Laws and Decrees and Democracy
  • The Rule of Law in Practice in Late Classical Athens: An Epigraphical Perspective
  • Proposers of Inscribed Laws and Decrees and the Distribution of Political Influence in Late Classical Athens*
  • Council and Assembly in Late Classical and Hellenistic Athens: An Epigraphical Perspective on Democracy*
  • Postscripts
  • Dedication and Decrees Commemorating Military Action in 339/8 bc (ig ii2 1155)1
  • The Inscribed Version of the Decree Honouring Lykourgos of Boutadai (ig ii2 457 and 3207)1.