The Laws of Ancient Crete, C.650-400 Bce

by Paula Perlman and Michael Gagarin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199204829
• ISBN13: 9780199204823
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.8" x 9.8"