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
Athenian Law Introduction “Athenian Law in its Democratic Context” features lectures by scholars and bulletin boards for discussion moderated by classicists. Until recently Athenian law was generally disdained as chaotic, dominated by rhetoric, and amateurish — especially when compared to Roman law. But in the last twenty years, Athenian law has become a topic of exciting new work bringing together legal, historical, anthropological, and literary research to shed light on… Read more
Greeks on Greekness Colloquium Abstract Susan E. Alcock, University of Michigan “Blocks of Memory: The Uses of Archaeology on the Uses of the Past.” This paper follows a path quite different from most treatments of Greek commemorative behavior during the early empire. It is heavily archaeological in its orientation. Its attention remains firmly on the rural sphere, bypassing the more clamourously familiar urban world of the period. And finally,… Read more
The Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS Greece) invites you to share a short recording (less than 2:30 minutes in length) in which you will recount your experience undergoing the peculiar circumstances that the pandemic has imposed on you. Join your voice and share your story with the Harvard community and beyond! Read more
