The Laws of Ancient Crete

FAIN: RZ-50339-05

University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX 78712-0100)
Michael Gagarin (Project Director: October 2004 to April 2008)

Publication, both in print and online, of the Greek texts of extant laws from ancient Crete, along with translations and commentaries. (12 months)

More than 150 inscriptions containing laws or fragments of laws survive from the island of Crete. Written on stone between ca. 650 and 350 BCE, they are very important for scholars of Greek law and Greek history, as well as to historians, anthropologists, and legal historians more generally. But they are currently in accessible to non-specialists. We propose to combine our interests in law (MG), and in epigraphy (the study of inscriptions) and history (PP) to produce a collection of these laws -- Greek texts, translations, and commentaries -- that is accessible to all these potential users. We will also include 6-8 essays on these laws in relation to Greek history and law.

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The Laws of Ancient Crete c. 650-400 BCE (Book)
Title: The Laws of Ancient Crete c. 650-400 BCE
Author: Michael Gagarin
Author: Paula Perlman
Abstract: 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.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/laws-of-ancient-crete-c650-400-bce/oclc/937371651&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-laws-of-ancient-crete-c650-400-bce-9780199204823?q=9780199204823&lang=en&cc=us
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Book
Publisher: Oxford, England: Oxford University Press
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780199204823
Translator: Paula Perlman
Translator: Michael Gagarin
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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