The Forensic Stage. Settling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comdey. - SCAFURO, Adele C.,
settling disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy
KORTE INHOUD
'Disputes, arguments, and misunderstandings are an intrinsic element of ancient comedy, and the legal aspects of New Comedy have been studied before, notably by the eminent Italian scholar Ugo Enrico Paoli. But Adele Scafuro goes further than anyone before her. She discusses not just the plays' allusions to law, and not just the vexed question whether it is Athenian law or Roman law which is in question in Plautus and Terence; she finds that many scenes and speeches in which law is not mentioned explicitly are based on the assumptions and the rhetoric of the Athenian courts. (...) Her emphasis is on the law in practice, rather than on legal theory, and she begins with a good discussion of threats, blackmail, compromise, and other ways of settling a dispute without going to court. In chapters 3 and 4 there is a thorough examination of the procedures of arbitration and reconciliation in Athens and in Rome, and of the use made of them in comedy. (...) In chapters 5 and 6 Scafuro considers sexual offences. Atheni...
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Cambridge (...), 1997. 1st ed. XXI,512p. Original black gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Nice copy. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: SCAFURO, Adele C.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 1997] [Titel: The Forensic Stage. Settling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comdey.]
