Litigious Athenian

About the author

Matthew R. Christ is associate professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Summary

Determining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew R. Christ, Matthew R. (Indiana University) Christ
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.1999
• EAN: 9780801858635
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5863-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Ancient Society and History; Ancient Society and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Rechtsgeschichte, Griechenland, Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, LAW / Legal History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, History - General History