Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation by Amato, Eugenio -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Law & Literature Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Law and Ethics in Greek and Roman Declamation: Current Perspectives, Future Directions

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Law in Declamation: The status legales in Senecan controversiae

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1 Shared passages and ‘interaction’ 2 Analysis of quotations from Seneca, Contr. 10.4, with comments 3 The larger picture Bibliography

1 The Preface’s theme 2 The forum invades the school 3 The school is accused 4 Conclusion Bibliography

Ambiguous Silence:stuprum and pudicitia in Latin Declamation

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Quaedam iura non lege, sed natura: Nature and Natural Law in Roman Declamation

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Parricidii sit actio: Killing the Father in Roman Declamation

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Cases of Poisoning in Greek and Roman Declamation

1 Introduction 2 Documents 3 What is meant by poisoning 4 Classification issues 5 The declamatory theme as a narrative microtext 6 Data analysis 7 “Bilingual” themes 8 Exclusively Greek themes 9 Exclusively Latin themes 10 Latin declamation and legal thought 11 Legal case as a narrative microtext 12 Conclusions Appendix: summary list of poisoning cases Bibliography

Truth by Force? Torture as Evidence in Ancient Rhetoric and Roman Law

1 Cruel, but effective? 2 The topics of torture in ancient judicial rhetoric 3 Torture and truth in Ps.Quintilian’sMajor and Minor Declamations 4 Torture in Roman law 5 Conclusions Bibliography

The Law in the Major DeclamationsAscribed to Quintilian

1 Declamatory law 2 Sophistopolis 3 The Law in the Major Declamations 4 First category: the law is right 5 Second category: is the law right? 6 Conclusion Appendix Bibliography

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Nature over Law: Themes of Disowning in Libanius’ Declamations

1 The disowning declamations of Libanius 2 Declamations 9 and 10 3 Declamation 27 4 Declamation 33 5 Declamation 34 6 Declamation 46 7 Declamation 47 8 Declamation 48 9 Conclusion Bibliography

Demosthenes’ Moral and Legal Arguments in Libanius’ Declamations

1 Libanius’ declamations 2 The long shadow of the tiger 3 Conclusion: Demosthenes meets ὁ μικρὸς Δημοσθένης Bibliography

1 Times and characteristics of the sophistic performance 2 Law of technē, law of “Sophistopolis” 3 Fictional features, real ethical values 4 Conclusion Bibliography

Contributors Index of Ancient Names Index of Modern Names General Index