From bedroom to courtroom : law and justice in the Greek novel / by Saundra Schwartz.
2016
PA3948.C32 S39 2016
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Author
Title
From bedroom to courtroom : law and justice in the Greek novel / by Saundra Schwartz.
Imprint
[Eelde, Netherlands] : Barkhuis : Groningen : Groningen University Library, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Description
vii, 270 pages ; 25 cm.
Series
Ancient narrative. Supplementum ; 21.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction. Rhetoric and realia
Roman law in the Greek world
The form of the trial scene
Chariton, Callirhoe. In the shadow of the Lex Julia de adulteriis coercendis?
Trial 1. A crime of passion : uxoricide
Trial 2. Pirates of the Mediterranean : tomb robbery and kidnapping
Trial 3. A Hellene in the King's court : malfeasance
Trial by battle : bigamy
Conclusion
Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. Legal pluralism in Roman Alexandria
Trial 5. Facts not in evidence : murder
Trial 6. Judicium deorum : sacrilege
Conclusion
Heliodorus, Aethiopica. Patria Potestas after the Antonine Constitution
Trial 7. In the name off the father : patricide
Trial 8. The fury's whip : entrapment
Trial 9. Innocents abroad : poisoning
Trial 10. A royal paternity suit : infanticide
Trial 11. Lost and found : abduction
Conclusion
General conclusion.
Roman law in the Greek world
The form of the trial scene
Chariton, Callirhoe. In the shadow of the Lex Julia de adulteriis coercendis?
Trial 1. A crime of passion : uxoricide
Trial 2. Pirates of the Mediterranean : tomb robbery and kidnapping
Trial 3. A Hellene in the King's court : malfeasance
Trial by battle : bigamy
Conclusion
Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. Legal pluralism in Roman Alexandria
Trial 5. Facts not in evidence : murder
Trial 6. Judicium deorum : sacrilege
Conclusion
Heliodorus, Aethiopica. Patria Potestas after the Antonine Constitution
Trial 7. In the name off the father : patricide
Trial 8. The fury's whip : entrapment
Trial 9. Innocents abroad : poisoning
Trial 10. A royal paternity suit : infanticide
Trial 11. Lost and found : abduction
Conclusion
General conclusion.
Summary
From Bedroom to Courtroom argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre's emphasis on love and chastity, the specter of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that develop into elaborate trials. Such scenes shed light on the Greek reception of the criminalization of adultery promulgated by the moral legislation during the reign of Augustus. This book focuses on three major novels whose composition coincided with the extension of Roman citizenship when access to Roman courts was granted to increasing numbers of inhabitants of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Note
Revision of author's dissertation.
From Bedroom to Courtroom argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre's emphasis on love and chastity, the specter of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that develop into elaborate trials. Such scenes shed light on the Greek reception of the criminalization of adultery promulgated by the moral legislation during the reign of Augustus. This book focuses on three major novels whose composition coincided with the extension of Roman citizenship when access to Roman courts was granted to increasing numbers of inhabitants of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
From Bedroom to Courtroom argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre's emphasis on love and chastity, the specter of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that develop into elaborate trials. Such scenes shed light on the Greek reception of the criminalization of adultery promulgated by the moral legislation during the reign of Augustus. This book focuses on three major novels whose composition coincided with the extension of Roman citizenship when access to Roman courts was granted to increasing numbers of inhabitants of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-262) and index.
Call Number
PA3948.C32 S39 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9789492444080 (hardbound)
9492444089 (hardbound)
9492444089 (hardbound)
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