CMS 231/ History 231

Litigation in Ancient Athens

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You will write one 8-10 page (2400-3000 word) paper. Your paper will be graded according to the criteria set forth in the paper content and paper form page. I urge you to read these pages before you submit your papers. I will assume that you have read them when I grade your papers.

You must choose between one of the two options below when picking a paper topic.

Option 1:

You will choose and analyze one Athenian forensic oration. In the case of an oration that is linked to other orations that exist in the corpus, it is appropriate and necessary to read and consider these orations as well. Technically speaking, Plato's Apology is not in the forensic corpus. You may, however, choose to analyze this work as well. If you do choose the Apology, it will be necessary to read the other Platonic dialogues and the portion of Xenephon's socratic material that relate to Socrates' trial and execution as well.

Your analysis should

Option 2:

You will choose either an Athenian legal institution, procedure or law (or set of related laws) or orator to write about (e.g., Demosthenes, the Boule, Pericles' citizenship law, homicide laws, laws relating to the legal status of metics, women or slaves). For this option, you will probably have to study a number of forensic orations in addition to your secondary research.

Your analysis should

Each paper should refer to at least 10 (ten) pieces of secondary scholarship, which you must properly cite in your bibliography (see the paper form page for information on citation).

 

Due Dates and drafts:

 


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