CMS 231 - Bates College - Fall 2002

Litigation in Ancient Athens

Final Study Guide


 

Lysias Nichomacus Why was it a crime to uproot an olive stump? Androtion
Euctemon probouleuma Theomnsestus Apollodorus
Stephanus pallake Describe the procedural setting and factual context of the lawsuits Stephanus had brought against Apollodorus prior to Against Nearea. Styrybele
porne Describe the family history of Pasion. Phormio Pasio
Pasicles Archippe Ktesiphon paragraphe
Chrysippus hubris sycophant feud
Demosthenes Meidias choregus Ctesias
Conon aikeia Phanostratus Ariston

 

Give a brief summary of the factual and procedural issues in the case. Summarize the scholar's argument in a general fashion. Describe more explicitly the aspects of the model you will use to answer your question. Apply the model to the case. Feel free to critique the model if you feel it is inadquate. If other cases we have read will support your analysis, you should discuss them.

 

Was the plaintiff in Lysias 7 (Against the Olive Stump) a sycophant? How would Christ answer this question?

Why didn't Stephanus and Apollodorus get along? How would Cohen answer this question.

Why didn't Demosthenes sue Meidias? How would Johnstone answer this question?

What can Athenian forensic oratory tell us about gender in Athenian society?

 

 

 

 

 


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