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The Origins of the Law in Homer (Hardcover)
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The Origins of the Law in Homer (Hardcover)
Series: Law & Literature
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The book aims to introduce the Homeric oeuvre into the law and
literature canon. It argues for a reading of Homer's The Iliad and
The Odyssey as primordial narratives on the significance of the
rule of law. The book delineates moments of correspondence between
the transition from myth to tragedy and the gradual transition from
a social existence lacking formal law to an institutionalized legal
system as practiced in the polis. It suggests the Homeric epics are
a significant milestone in the way justice and injustice were
conceptualized, and testify to a growing awareness in Homer's time
that mechanisms that protect both individuals and the collective
from acts of unbridled rage are necessary for the continued
existence of communities. The book fills a considerable gap in
research on ancient Greek drama as well as in discourses about the
intersections of law and literature and by doing so, offers new
insights into two of the foundational texts of Western culture.
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