Oath and State in Ancient Greece / / Alan H. Sommerstein, Andrew James Bayliss.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN)
• VerfasserIn: Sommerstein, Alan H.,; Bayliss, Andrew James,
• MitwirkendeR: Bayliss, A.J.,; Sommerstein, A.H.,; Torrance, I.C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde , 306
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; PART ONE. OATHS IN THE POLIS --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Oaths and citizenship --; 3 Oaths of office --; 4 Assemblies --; 5 The judicial sphere --; 6 Sunōmosiai (conspiracies) --; 7 (Re)uniting the citizen body --; PART TWO. OATHS AND INTERSTATE RELATIONS --; Introduction --; 8 The formulation and procedure of interstate oaths --; 9 Oaths in alliances --; 10 Oaths in peace treaties --; 11 Battlefield truces --; 12 Oaths and “the barbarian” --; 13 Conclusion: the efficacy of oaths --; Bibliography --; Index of Names and Topics --; Index locorum
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110285383; 9783110621099; 9783110238570; 9783110636178; 9783110288995; 9783110293838; 9783110288964
• ISSN: 1616-0452
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110285383
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alan H. Sommerstein, Andrew James Bayliss.

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 how oaths functioned in the working of the Greek city-state (polis) and in relations between different states as well as between Greeks and non-Greeks.