Oaths and swearing in ancient Greece [electronic resource] / Alan H. Sommerstein, Isabelle C. Torrance ; with contributions by Andrew J. Bayliss, Judith Fletcher, Kyriaki Konstantinidou and Lynn A. Kozak.
Sommerstein, Alan H., author.; Torrance, Isabelle C., author.; Bayliss, Andrew J., contributor.; Fletcher, Judith, author.; Konstantinidou, Kyriaki, author.; Kozak, Lynn, author.
2014
KL4350 .S665 2014eb
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Title Oaths and swearing in ancient Greece [electronic resource] / Alan H. Sommerstein, Isabelle C. Torrance ; with contributions by Andrew J. Bayliss, Judith Fletcher, Kyriaki Konstantinidou and Lynn A. Kozak.
Author Sommerstein, Alan H., author.
ISBN 3110200597
9783110200591
9783110227369 electronic book
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description 1 online resource (473 pages)
Call Number KL4350 .S665 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 323.65
Note "This volume completes the publication of the project The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece, based at the University of Nottingham"--Preface.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-412) and indexes.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Torrance, Isabelle C., author.
Bayliss, Andrew J., contributor.
Fletcher, Judith, author.
Konstantinidou, Kyriaki, author.
Kozak, Lynn, author.
Series Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 307.
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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.

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