Dans Université d’Ottawa
par Gagarin, Michael
Cahiers des études anciennes
Résultat de OpenEdition : Journals
Storytelling about the Lawgiver in the Athenian Orators
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- 2020-05-15T02:00:00Z
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- In their pleadings in court, litigants in classical Athens (ca 420-320) frequently evoke a lawgiver (nomothetēs) or lawgivers (nomothetai) as part of their argument. Some of the stories they tell are about lawgivers of the past, others concern contemporary Athenian lawgivers, and still others raise the possibility of being a lawgiver in the future. But in all cases the litigant calls on the lawgiver in order to serve the needs of his argument, and in most cases the speaker draws a moral or l...
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