Evidence and Proof in Ancient Greece

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Whether in the courts, Parliament or the pub, to persuade you need proof, be that argument- or evidence-based. But what counts as proof, and as satisfactory proof, varies from culture to culture and from context to context. This volume assembles a range of experts in ancient Greek literature to address the theme of proof from different angles and in the works of different authors and contexts. Much of the focus is on the Athenian orators, who discussed the nature and kinds of proof from at least the fourth century BC and are still the subject of lively debate. But demonstration through evidence and argument and the language of proof are not limited to the lawcourts. They have a place in other literary forms, prose and verse, including drama and historiography, and these too feature in the collection. The book will be of interest to students and professional scholars in the fields of Greek literature and law, and Greek social and political history.

À propos de l'auteur

Chris Carey is Emeritus Professor of Greek at University College London, UK. In addition to numerous edited volumes, articles and chapters on Greek lyric, drama, oratory and law, he has published commentaries on selected speeches of Demosthenes (with R. A. Reid) and Lysias, and translations of Aeschines and speeches illustrating Athenian law.

Mike Edwards is Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He has published extensively on the Attic orators, with commentaries on Antiphon, Andocides and Lysias, and translations of Isaeus, Lycurgus and Apollodorus, as well as edited volumes on Greek and Latin literature and rhetoric.

Brenda Griffith-Williams is Honorary Research Associate at University College London, UK. She has published two volumes of commentary on selected speeches of Isaeus, in addition to a series of articles on Athenian law and oratory, and edited volumes on Greek law, oratory and society.

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