ABSTRACT
In this comprehensive and accessible sourcebook, Ilias Arnaoutoglou presents a collection of ancient Greek laws, which are situated in their legal and historical contexts and are elucidated with relevant selections from Greek literature and epigraphical testimonies. A wide area of legislative activity in major and minor Greek city-states, ranging from Delphoi and Athens in mainland Greece, to Gortyn in Crete, Olbia in South Russia and Aegean cities including Ephesos, Samos and Thasos, is covered. Ilias Arnaoutoglou divides legislation into three main areas:
* the household - marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, sexual offences and personal status
* the market-place - trade, finance, sale, coinage and leases
* the state - constitution, legislative process, public duties, colonies, building activities, naval forces, penal regulations, religion, politics and inter-state affairs.
Dr Arnaoutoglou explores the significance of legislation in ancient Greece, the differences and similarities between ancient Greek legislation and legislators and their modern counterparts and also provides fresh translations of the legal documents themselves.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|26 pages
Oikos
part |12 pages
Inheritance
chapter 1|2 pages
Athens, Law on wills
chapter 2|1 pages
Athens, Law on intestate succession
chapter 3|3 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Intestate succession
chapter 4|2 pages
Athens, Law on protection of orphans and heiresses
chapter 5|1 pages
Athens, Law about heiresses
chapter 6|3 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Heiress (Patroiokos)
chapter 8|2 pages
Athens, Law on challenging the award of an inheritance
chapter 9|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Liability for debts of a deceased
chapter 10|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Donation
chapter 11|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Adoption
part |6 pages
Marriage—Divorce
chapter 12|2 pages
Athens, Law on betrothal—marriage
chapter 13|1 pages
Athens, Law prohibiting epigamia with Athenian women
chapter 14|1 pages
Athens, Law prohibiting epigamia with Athenian male citizen
chapter 15|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Property settlement in divorce
chapter 16|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Divorce of oikeis
chapter 17|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Appropriation of marital property
chapter 18|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Paternity and illegitimacy
part |4 pages
Sexual Offences
chapter 19|1 pages
Athens, Law on adultery
chapter 20|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Adultery
chapter 21|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Rape and seduction
chapter 22|2 pages
Delphoi (Central Greece), Law against maltreatment of parents
part |7 pages
Personal Status
chapter 23|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulation about freedmen
chapter 24|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Payment of ransom
chapter 25|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Law on illegal seizure
chapter 26|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Mixed marriages and status of offspring
chapter 27|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Law about the responsibility of slaves
chapter 29|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulation about slaves
chapter 30|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulation about taking pledges?
chapter 31|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Law about people giving themselves as pledge
chapter 32|1 pages
Eltynia (Crete), Regulation concerning children
part 2|23 pages
Agora
chapter 33|2 pages
Athens, Law prohibiting the digging up of olive trees
part |2 pages
Collectivities
chapter 34|1 pages
Athens, Law on associations
chapter 35|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Liability among partners
part |6 pages
Trade
chapter 36|1 pages
Thasos, Law on wine trade
chapter 37|1 pages
Delphoi (Central Greece), Law prohibiting the export of wine
chapter 38|2 pages
Erythrai (Ionia—Asia Minor), Law regulating the wool trade
chapter 39|1 pages
Kyparissia (Peloponnese), Law on import and export duties
chapter 40|2 pages
Delos (Cyclades), Law regulating the charcoal trade
chapter 41|2 pages
Olbia (S.Russia), Law on trading
chapter 42|1 pages
Thasos, Harbour regulations
part |6 pages
Finances
chapter 43|3 pages
Delphoi (Central Greece), Law regulating the rate of interest
chapter 44|2 pages
Athens, Law on loans for cargoes of grain
chapter 45|3 pages
Samos, Grain law
part |4 pages
Leases
chapter 46|2 pages
Samos, Law on leasing the shopkeepers' stalls (kapeleia) in Heraion
chapter 47|1 pages
Keos (Cyclades), Leasing regulation of Poiassioi
chapter 48|1 pages
Thasos, Law on leasing public property
chapter 49|2 pages
Gazoros (Makedonia), Decree about the lease of public land
part |4 pages
Coinage
chapter 50|3 pages
Athens, Law on silver coinage
chapter 51|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Law on bronze coins
part |3 pages
Sale
chapter 53|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Responsibility for the actions of slaves after sale
chapter 54|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Law of a plantation
part |2 pages
Animals
chapter 55|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulations about liability for animals?
chapter 56|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulation about animals
chapter 57|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulation about animals
chapter 58|1 pages
Knossos (Crete), Regulations about animals
part 3|61 pages
Polis
part |6 pages
Penal Regulations
chapter 59|1 pages
Athens, Law on male prostitution
chapter 60|2 pages
Athens, Law on hybris
chapter 61|1 pages
Athens, Law on bribery
chapter 62|2 pages
Athens, Law on theft
chapter 63|2 pages
Athens, Law on unintentional homicide
part |17 pages
Constitution (Politeia)
chapter 64|1 pages
Athens, Decree of Demophantos against tyranny
chapter 65|2 pages
Athens, Law against tyranny
chapter 67|2 pages
Athens, Amnesty decree of Patrokleides
chapter 68|2 pages
Mytilene (Lesbos), Regulation about the return of exiles
chapter 69|2 pages
Erythrai (Asia Minor), Law protecting democracy
chapter 70|2 pages
Teos (Ionia—Asia Minor), Public imprecations
chapter 71|2 pages
Teos (Ionia—Asia Minor), Measures against public enemies
chapter 72|2 pages
Thasos, Law rewarding informers
chapter 73|2 pages
Athens, Ratification of laws
chapter 74|2 pages
Athens, Law prohibiting the passing of conflicting laws
chapter 75|1 pages
Athens, Law on the validity of laws and decrees
chapter 77|3 pages
Thasos, Law granting citizenship
chapter 78|2 pages
Thasos, Law on the honours awarded to dead soldiers
part |5 pages
Procedure
chapter 79|1 pages
Athens, Law on probolai
chapter 80|1 pages
Thasos, Law on the adjournment of legal procedures
chapter 81|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulation about pledged property
chapter 82|1 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Regulation about pledged property
chapter 83|1 pages
Kyme (Aiolis—Asia Minor), Law of dikaskopoi
part |3 pages
Cleanliness
chapter 85|1 pages
Thasos, Regulation concerning public cleanliness
chapter 86|1 pages
Paros (Cyclades), Regulation concerning cleanliness
chapter 87|1 pages
Athens, Regulation concerning cleanliness
chapter 88|2 pages
Keos (Cyclades), Regulation on cleanliness
part |7 pages
Property And Debts
chapter 89|2 pages
Gortyn (Crete), Procedure resolving land border disputes
chapter 90|2 pages
Ephesos (Ionia—Asia Minor), Law regulating debts
chapter 91|2 pages
Athens, Law about public debtors
chapter 93|2 pages
Halikarnassos (Caria—Asia Minor), Law on resolving property disputes
chapter 94|2 pages
Lokris (Central Greece), Property law
part |3 pages
Establishing Colonies
chapter 95|2 pages
Chaleion (Lokris—Central Greece), Law about the colony in Naupaktos
chapter 96|2 pages
Athens, Law on establishing a colony in Brea 39
part |11 pages
Polis Institutions
chapter 97|3 pages
Paros (Cyclades), Law reforming the archives
chapter 98|6 pages
Beroia (Makedonia), Gymnasiarchical law
chapter 99|4 pages
Pergamos (Aiolis—Asia Minor), Law of astynomoi
part |2 pages
Building
chapter 100|1 pages
Athens, Decree authorizing the building of a bridge
chapter 101|1 pages
Athens, Law on distances
part |2 pages
Naval Affairs
chapter 102|2 pages
Athens, Law about triereis
chapter 103|1 pages
Athens, Naval law
part |6 pages
Inter-Polis Relations
chapter 104|1 pages
Miletos (Ionia—Asia Minor), Isopoliteia agreement with Olbia
part |7 pages
Religion And Polis