Further Resources Primary Texts The speeches of the Attic orators are all available at the Perseus Project website. The site is arranged alphabetically by author. Each speech is available in English and transliterated Greek. The site parses each Greek word and offers a few brief notes. Many other classical Greek texts, as well as images of ancient objects and archaeological sites, are… Read more
The Attic Orators David D. Phillips, UCLA Orator (life span) Antiphon (ca. 480 – 411) Andocides (ca. 440 – post 391) Lysias (459/8 – post 380) Isocrates (436 – 338) Isaeus (ca. 420 – post 344/3) Demosthenes (384 – 322) Aeschines (390 – ca. 322) Hypereides (390/89 – 322) Lycurgus… Read more
Archaeological Finds Associated with the Lawcourts Jury Selection Timing of Speeches Laws Echinos Jury Voting Law Court Locations Jury Selection Jury service was restricted to male citizens at least thirty years old, and was never mandatory. At the beginning of each year, a jury panel of 6000 was selected — we do not know how — and… Read more
Glossary of Athenian law terms Excerpts from S.C. Todd, “Glossary” in P.A. Cartledge et al, Nomos: Essays Athenian law, politics and society (Cambridge, 1990) selected by Michael de Brauw (University of Texas at Austin). Todd’s complete glossary (with some changes) also appears in The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford, 1993). agoranomos, agoranomoi Lit. ‘agora-regulator(s)’: public officials attested in a large number of Greek poleis.; their duties consisted of supervising the… Read more
Schedule Week 1: February 10-16 Week 2: February 17-23 Week 3: February 24-March 2 Week 4: March 3-9 Week 5: March 10-16 Week 1 Back to top Lecture 1. An Introduction to the Athenian Democracy Lecture 2. An Introduction to the Athenian Legal System Suggested reading: Demosthenes 54, Against Conon Supplementary… Read more
Lectures Below is the lecture reading schedule, with links to the text of each lecture. Please note that there will be no Discussion Forum topics in Week 1. See Assignments for complete weekly assignments and Discussion Forum topics. Week 1: February 10-16 An Introduction to the Athenian Democracy, Christopher Blackwell (Furman) An Introduction to the Athenian Legal System, Victor Bers (Yale) and Adriaan Lanni (Harvard) Week 2:… Read more
The Homeric Odyssey & the Cultivation of Justice Welcome to “Homeric Odyssey and the Cultivation of Justice”, an online lecture series organized and led by Professor Gregory Nagy, the current director of Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D. C. In the creation of this project he has been actively assisted by Teaching Fellows who have taught with him the undergraduate Core Curriculum course “The Concept of the… Read more
Introduction Welcome to “Homer’s Poetic Justice”, an online lecture series organized and led by Professor Gregory Nagy, the current director of Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D. C. In the creation of this project he has been actively assisted by Teaching Fellows who have taught with him the undergraduate Core Curriculum course “The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization.” “Homer’s Poetic Justice” is an exploration of… Read more
Now Accepting Proposals: New Directions in Hellenic Studies Featuring scholarship on all aspects of ancient Greek culture and its interactions and reception, New Directions in Hellenic Studies brings together innovative work in philology, philosophy, history, science, technology, art, and archaeology. These monographs and collected volumes showcase emerging voices and twenty-first-century perspectives in their examination of Hellenic antiquity and its reception. We welcome proposals for both monographs and edited volumes. Early… Read more
Publication Policies The Center for Hellenic Studies is committed to producing the highest quality publications. For that reason we have established an Editorial Board which reviews content, guidelines for the submission of proposals for both online and print publications, and specifications for preparation of content for publication. The CHS Editorial Team Senior Advisers: W. Robert Connor, Gloria Ferrari Pinney, Albert Henrichs, James O’Donnell, Bernd Seidensticker… Read more
