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Douglas M. MacDowell (1931-2010) was a scholar of international
renown and the articles included here cover a significant area of
classical scholarship, discussing Athenian law, law-making and
legal procedure, Old Comedy, comedy and law, politics and
lexicography. All of these articles, published between 1959 and
2010, bear the characteristic marks of his scholarship: precision,
balanced judgement, brevity and deep learning; they are rational
and sober accounts of complicated and controversial issues. Many of
these essays are virtually inaccessible as they were originally
published in celebratory volumes or article collections which are
now out of print or difficult to find outside major libraries. This
collection of MacDowell's articles will make these works available
to a broad scholarly audience, and make it easier to bring this
scholarship to the classroom as part of courses in Classics,
ancient history, legal history and theatre studies. The volume
includes a biography of MacDowell by Christopher Carey, based on
the testimony of his closest colleagues and personal friends, which
was presented to the British Academy.
Prostitution in the ancient Greek world was widespread, legal, and
acceptable as a fact of life and an unavoidable necessity. The
state regulated the industry and treated prostitution as any other
trade. Almost every prominent man in the ancient world has been
truly or falsely associated with some famous hetaira. These women,
who sold their affections to the richest and most influential men
of their time, have become legends in their own right. They pushed
the boundaries of female empowerment in their quest for
self-promotion and notoriety, and continue to fascinate us.
Prostitution remains a complex phenomenon linked to issues of
gender, culture, law, civic ideology, education, social control,
and economic forces. This is why its study is of paramount
importance for our understanding of the culture, outlook and
institutions of the ancient world, and in turn it can shed new
light and introduce new perspectives to the challenging debate of
our times on prostitution and contemporary sexual morality. The
main purpose of this book is to provide the primary historical
study of the topic with emphasis upon the separation of facts from
the mythology surrounding the countless references to prostitution
in Greek literary sources.
Prostitution in the ancient Greek world was widespread, legal, and
acceptable as a fact of life and an unavoidable necessity. The
state regulated the industry and treated prostitution as any other
trade. Almost every prominent man in the ancient world has been
truly or falsely associated with some famous hetaira. These women,
who sold their affections to the richest and most influential men
of their time, have become legends in their own right. They pushed
the boundaries of female empowerment in their quest for
self-promotion and notoriety, and continue to fascinate us.
Prostitution remains a complex phenomenon linked to issues of
gender, culture, law, civic ideology, education, social control,
and economic forces. This is why its study is of paramount
importance for our understanding of the culture, outlook and
institutions of the ancient world, and in turn it can shed new
light and introduce new perspectives to the challenging debate of
our times on prostitution and contemporary sexual morality. The
main purpose of this book is to provide the primary historical
study of the topic with emphasis upon the separation of facts from
the mythology surrounding the countless references to prostitution
in Greek literary sources.
Douglas M. MacDowell (1931-2010) was a scholar of international
renown and the articles included here cover a significant area of
classical scholarship, discussing Athenian law, law-making and
legal procedure, Old Comedy, comedy and law, politics and
lexicography. All of these articles, published between 1959 and
2010, bear the characteristic marks of his scholarship: precision,
balanced judgement, brevity and deep learning; they are rational
and sober accounts of complicated and controversial issues. Many of
these essays are virtually inaccessible as they were originally
published in celebratory volumes or article collections which are
now out of print or difficult to find outside major libraries. This
collection of MacDowell's articles will make these works available
to a broad scholarly audience, and make it easier to bring this
scholarship to the classroom as part of courses in Classics,
ancient history, legal history and theatre studies. The volume
includes a biography of MacDowell by Christopher Carey, based on
the testimony of his closest colleagues and personal friends, which
was presented to the British Academy.
Konstantinos Kapparis challenges the traditional view that free
women, citizen and metic, were excluded from the Athenian legal
system. Looking at existing fragmentary evidence largely from
speeches, Kapparis reveals that it unambiguously suggests that free
women were far from invisible in the legal system and the life of
the polis. In the first part of the book Kapparis discusses the
actual cases which included women as litigants, and the second part
interprets these cases against the legal, social, economic and
cultural background of classical Athens. In doing so he explores
how factors such as gender, religion, women's empowerment and the
rise of the Attic hetaira as a cultural icon intersected with these
cases and ultimately influenced the construction of the speeches.
Konstantinos Kapparis challenges the traditional view that free
women, citizen and metic, were excluded from the Athenian legal
system. Looking at existing fragmentary evidence largely from
speeches, Kapparis reveals that it unambiguously suggests that free
women were far from invisible in the legal system and the life of
the polis. In the first part of the book Kapparis discusses the
actual cases which included women as litigants, and the second part
interprets these cases against the legal, social, economic and
cultural background of classical Athens. In doing so he explores
how factors such as gender, religion, women's empowerment and the
rise of the Attic hetaira as a cultural icon intersected with these
cases and ultimately influenced the construction of the speeches.
"[Wolpert and Kapparis's] anthology . . . stands apart in a number
of key ways. Virtually all of the translations, which are of very
high quality, are new for this volume. . . . "Each of the
introductions to the individual speeches is accompanied by a
convenient outline, entitled 'Key Information', of the important
details about the dispute; this feature will be particularly
welcome to undergraduates and other beginners, for whom Athenian
forensic speeches often present at first glance a welter of soap
opera-like complexity. In the summary that precedes Against Neaera,
for example, the subheadings include 'Speaker', Supporting
Speaker', 'Defendant', 'Other Individuals' (particularly helpful),
'Action', 'Penalty' and 'Date'. Having this information collected
in one handy location is very useful indeed. "One minor yet
remarkably useful feature is that [Wolpert and Kapparis] have
placed all cross-references to speeches included in the collection
in bold typeface. This allows the reader to know immediately
whether he need only flip the pages to see the passage in question
or must reach for another volume. It is hoped that this will
encourage busy undergraduates to take the trouble to follow up a
cross-reference. "The introduction truly shines. Without getting
bogged down in debatable minutiae, it provides a remarkably
detailed and clear account of the law and oratory of ancient
Athens. Divided into five sections, it begins with an account of
Athenian legal development from the Draconian and Solonian periods
to the fourth century. It then tackles Athenian politics and
society, the court system (a particularly helpful section), the
Attic orators (with a substantial biographical sketch of each
orator whose speeches appear in the volume), and rhetorical
technique and style. The introduction could even be used in a
course where no speeches are read but students need to be given a
quick, solid initiation into the legal culture of the classical
period." -- Classical Review
"[Wolpert and Kapparis's] anthology . . . stands apart in a number
of key ways. Virtually all of the translations, which are of very
high quality, are new for this volume. . . . "Each of the
introductions to the individual speeches is accompanied by a
convenient outline, entitled 'Key Information', of the important
details about the dispute; this feature will be particularly
welcome to undergraduates and other beginners, for whom Athenian
forensic speeches often present at first glance a welter of soap
opera-like complexity. In the summary that precedes Against Neaera,
for example, the subheadings include 'Speaker', Supporting
Speaker', 'Defendant', 'Other Individuals' (particularly helpful),
'Action', 'Penalty' and 'Date'. Having this information collected
in one handy location is very useful indeed. "One minor yet
remarkably useful feature is that [Wolpert and Kapparis] have
placed all cross-references to speeches included in the collection
in bold typeface. This allows the reader to know immediately
whether he need only flip the pages to see the passage in question
or must reach for another volume. It is hoped that this will
encourage busy undergraduates to take the trouble to follow up a
cross-reference. "The introduction truly shines. Without getting
bogged down in debatable minutiae, it provides a remarkably
detailed and clear account of the law and oratory of ancient
Athens. Divided into five sections, it begins with an account of
Athenian legal development from the Draconian and Solonian periods
to the fourth century. It then tackles Athenian politics and
society, the court system (a particularly helpful section), the
Attic orators (with a substantial biographical sketch of each
orator whose speeches appear in the volume), and rhetorical
technique and style. The introduction could even be used in a
course where no speeches are read but students need to be given a
quick, solid initiation into the legal culture of the classical
period." -- Classical Review
Ethical dilemmas and heated arguments on abortion very similar to
our own, exercised Greek and Roman doctors, philosophers,
historians, theologians, dramatists, novelists and poets. In this
study, Professor Kapparis extrapolates the views of ancient
physicians on abortion from a detailed investigation of the medical
facts, medical and philosophical theories concerning the human
status of the unborn in antiquity, the Hippocratic Oath, and other
important documents on Greek medical ethics. He explores the
reasons why women in antiquity sought abortions, male concerns and
attitudes towards abortion, and religious, social, cultural and
demographic trends influencing the legal status of abortion in
antiquity. "Abortion in the Ancient World" thus presents the
ancient debate on abortion and its ethics against its historical,
legal, economic, social and cultural background, and links it to
the modern debate.
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