BOOK: Michael GAGARIN and Paula PERLMAN, The Laws of Ancient Crete, c.650-400 BCE (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020). ISBN 9780198832515, 40.00 USD

 

(Source: Oxford University Press)

We missed this book on the laws of Ancient Crete back in 2016, and which is now being published in paperback version.

ABOUT THE BOOK

This volume presents the Greek text of approximately 200 stone inscriptions, which detail the laws of ancient Crete in the archaic and classical periods, c.650-400 BCE. The texts of the inscriptions, many of which are fragmentary and relatively unknown, are accompanied by an English translation and also two commentaries; one focused on epigraphical and linguistic issues, and the other, requiring no knowledge of Greek, focused on legal and historical issues.

The texts are preceded by a substantial introduction, which surveys the geography, history, writing habits, social and political structure, economy, religion, and law of Crete in this period.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Michael Gagarin, Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Texas at Austin,Paula Perlman, Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin

Michael Gagarin is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Paula Perlman is Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Note on Chronology
Introduction
Archaic and Classical Crete: Unity or Diversity?
Setting the Stage
The Inscriptions
Government
Persons
Social Institutions
Economy
Inter-Polis Relations
Religion
Law
Catalogue of Texts
Axos
Datala
Dreros
Eleutherna
Eltynia
Gortyn
Knossos
Lyktos
Phaistos
Prinias
Location of Inscriptions
Bibliography
Index of Greek Words
Index Locorum
Subject Index

 

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