LEADER 04475 am 22007693u 450 001 996308751603316 005 20200903223051.0 010 $a3-11-038487-6 010 $a3-11-022736-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110227369 035 $a(CKB)3460000000134722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC919841 035 $a(DE-B1597)38551 035 $a(OCoLC)1002252295 035 $a(OCoLC)1004875615 035 $a(OCoLC)1011440034 035 $a(OCoLC)890812671 035 $a(OCoLC)979745012 035 $a(OCoLC)980188157 035 $a(OCoLC)999355449 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110227369 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL919841 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11084399 035 $a(ScCtBLL)ef7fbc76-a400-4420-989f-5b08cb6c2774 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37504 035 $a(PPN)182936570 035 $a(EXLCZ)993460000000134722 100 $a20150226h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOaths and swearing in ancient Greece /$fAlan H. Sommerstein, Isabelle C. Torrance ; with contributions by Andrew J. Bayliss, Judith Fletcher, Kyriaki Konstantinidou and Lynn A. Kozak 210 $cDe Gruyter$d2014 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (473 pages) 225 1 $aBeitra?ge zur Altertumskunde,$x1616-0452 ;$vBand 307 300 $a"This volume completes the publication of the project The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece, based at the University of Nottingham"--Preface. 311 $a3-11-020059-7 311 $a3-11-174018-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 394-412) and indexes. 327 $tWhat is an oath? /$rA.H. Sommerstein --$tOath and curse /$rK. Konstantinidou --$tOaths in traditional myth /$rI.C. Torrance --$gFriendship and enmity, trust and suspicion.$tOaths between warriors in epic and tragedy /$rL.A. Kozak --$tOaths in business /$rA.H. Sommerstein --$gThe language of oaths.$tHow oaths are expressed /$rA.H. Sommerstein --$tThe "Sophoclean" oath /$rI.C. Torrance --$t"Of cabbages and kings": the Eideshort phenomenon /I.C. Torrance --$tWays to give oaths extra sanctity /$rI.C. Torrance --$gOaths, gender and status.$tWomen and oaths /$rJ. Fletcher --$tServile swearing /$rA.J. Bayliss --$tThe oaths of the gods /$rI.C. Torrance --$tOaths and characterization: two Homeric case studies /$rL.A. Kozak --$tOratory and rhetoric /$rA.H. Sommerstein --$t"Artful dodging", or the sidestepping of oaths /$rA.J. Bayliss except as stated --$tThe difficulty of proving an oath false: the case of Euripides' Cyclops /$rI.C. Torrance --$gThe binding power of oaths.$tWere oaths always totally binding? /$rA.H. Sommerstein --$tThe oaths of lovers /$rA.H. Sommerstein --$tThe tongue and the mind: responses to Euripides, Hippolytus 612 /$rI.C. Torrance --$gResponses to perjury. Divine responses /$rI.C. Torrance --$tHuman responses /$rK. Konstantinidou --$tThe informal oath /$rA.H. Sommerstein --$tSwearing oaths in the authorial person /$rI.C. Torrance --$tThe Hippocratic Oath /$rI.C. Torrance --$tThe decline of the oath? /$rA.H. Sommerstein. 330 $aThe oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power. 410 0$aBeitra?ge zur Altertumskunde ;$vBd. 307. 606 $aOaths (Greek law) 606 $aPublic law (Greek law) 610 $aGreece. 610 $aoath. 610 $apolis. 615 0$aOaths (Greek law) 615 0$aPublic law (Greek law) 676 $a323.65 700 $aSommerstein$b Alan H.$0442663 702 $aTorrance$b Isabelle C. 702 $aBayliss$b Andrew J. 702 $aFletcher$b Judith 702 $aKonstantinidou$b Kyriaki 702 $aKozak$b Lynn 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996308751603316 996 $aOaths and swearing in ancient Greece$9257150 997 $aUNISA