04477 am 22007693u 450 991013238070332120200903223051.03-11-038487-63-11-022736-310.1515/9783110227369(CKB)3460000000134722(MiAaPQ)EBC919841(DE-B1597)38551(OCoLC)1002252295(OCoLC)1004875615(OCoLC)1011440034(OCoLC)890812671(OCoLC)979745012(OCoLC)980188157(OCoLC)999355449(DE-B1597)9783110227369(Au-PeEL)EBL919841(CaPaEBR)ebr11084399(ScCtBLL)ef7fbc76-a400-4420-989f-5b08cb6c2774(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37504(PPN)182936570(EXLCZ)99346000000013472220150226h20142014 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierOaths and swearing in ancient Greece /Alan H. Sommerstein, Isabelle C. Torrance ; with contributions by Andrew J. Bayliss, Judith Fletcher, Kyriaki Konstantinidou and Lynn A. KozakDe Gruyter2014Berlin ;Boston :De Gruyter,[2014]©20141 online resource (473 pages)Beiträge zur Altertumskunde,1616-0452 ;Band 307"This volume completes the publication of the project The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece, based at the University of Nottingham"--Preface.3-11-020059-7 3-11-174018-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-412) and indexes.What is an oath? /A.H. Sommerstein --Oath and curse /K. Konstantinidou --Oaths in traditional myth /I.C. Torrance --Friendship and enmity, trust and suspicion.Oaths between warriors in epic and tragedy /L.A. Kozak --Oaths in business /A.H. Sommerstein --The language of oaths.How oaths are expressed /A.H. Sommerstein --The "Sophoclean" oath /I.C. Torrance --"Of cabbages and kings": the Eideshort phenomenon /I.C. Torrance --Ways to give oaths extra sanctity /I.C. Torrance --Oaths, gender and status.Women and oaths /J. Fletcher --Servile swearing /A.J. Bayliss --The oaths of the gods /I.C. Torrance --Oaths and characterization: two Homeric case studies /L.A. Kozak --Oratory and rhetoric /A.H. Sommerstein --"Artful dodging", or the sidestepping of oaths /A.J. Bayliss except as stated --The difficulty of proving an oath false: the case of Euripides' Cyclops /I.C. Torrance --The binding power of oaths.Were oaths always totally binding? /A.H. Sommerstein --The oaths of lovers /A.H. Sommerstein --The tongue and the mind: responses to Euripides, Hippolytus 612 /I.C. Torrance --Responses to perjury. Divine responses /I.C. Torrance --Human responses /K. Konstantinidou --The informal oath /A.H. Sommerstein --Swearing oaths in the authorial person /I.C. Torrance --The Hippocratic Oath /I.C. Torrance --The decline of the oath? /A.H. Sommerstein.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 the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ;Bd. 307.Oaths (Greek law)Public law (Greek law)Greece.oath.polis.Oaths (Greek law)Public law (Greek law)323.65Sommerstein Alan H.442663Torrance Isabelle C.Bayliss Andrew J.Fletcher JudithKonstantinidou KyriakiKozak LynnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910132380703321Oaths and swearing in ancient Greece257150UNINA