Citizen and Self in Ancient Greece: Individuals Performing Justice and the Law

603 Pages·2006·6.43 MB·English

by  Vincent Farenga

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Citizen and Self in Ancient Greece
ThisstudyexamineshowtheancientGreeksdecidedquestionsofjus-
ticeasakeytounderstandingtheintersectionofourmoralandpolitical
lives.Combiningcontemporarypoliticalphilosophywithhistorical,
literary,andphilosophicaltexts,itexaminesaseriesofremarkableindi-
vidualswhoperformed“scripts”ofjusticeinEarlyIronAge,Archaic,
andClassicalGreece.Fromtheearlierperiods,theseincludeHomer’s
Achilles and Odysseus as heroic individuals who are also prototyp-
ical citizens, and Solon the lawgiver, writing the scripts of statute
law and the jury trial. In democratic Athens, the focus turns to dia-
loguesbetweenacitizen’smoralautonomyandpoliticalobligationin
Aeschyleantragedy,Pericles’citizenshipparadigm,Antiphon’ssophis-
ticthoughtandforensicoratory,thepoliticalleadershipofAlcibiades,
andSocrates’moralindividualism.
VincentFarengahastaughtClassicsandComparativeLiteratureatthe
1973
UniversityofSouthernCaliforniasince .Heservedasheadofthe
1985 1991
ComparativeLiteratureDepartmentfrom to .
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Citizen and Self in
Ancient Greece
Individuals Performing Justice
and the Law
Vincent Farenga
UniversityofSouthernCalifornia
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A Nicole, qui m’a conduit a` la victoire,
et a` Ste´phane, qui l’a couronne´e
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
(cid:1)
1 JusticetotheDead:PrototypesoftheCitizen
andSelfinEarlyGreece 37
(cid:1)
2 PerformingJusticeinEarlyGreece:Dispute
SettlementintheIliad 109
(cid:1)
3 Self-TransformationandtheTherapyofJustice
intheOdyssey 174
(cid:1)
4 PerformingtheLaw:TheLawgiver,StatuteLaw,
andtheJuryTrial 262
(cid:1)
5 CitizenshipbyDegrees:EphebesandDemagogues
inDemocraticAthens,465—460 346
(cid:1)
6 TheNaturalizationofCitizenandSelf
inDemocraticAthens,450—411 424
(cid:1)
7 Democracy’sNarcissisticCitizens:Alcibiades
andSocrates 471
(cid:1)
Conclusion 536
(cid:1)
References 549 (cid:2) Index 577
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
i have been teaching classics and comparative literature
1973
at the University of Southern California since . Over the years I
have benefited from the inspiration and support of many colleagues
andstudents,someofwhomI’vecometoholdinparticularesteemand
affection.AmongformerClassicscolleaguesfromadeepeningpast,I
wish to acknowledge Jane Cody, the late David S. Wiesen, Richard
Caldwell,CarolynDewald,JeffreyHenderson,thelateGeorgePilitsis,
William Levitan, Martha Malamud, and Donald T. McGuire, and,
fromashallowerpast,PhirozeVasuniaandCatherineGilhuly.Among
present colleagues, I continue to draw on the insights, energies, and
encouragements of W. G. Thalmann, Thomas Habinek, A. J. Boyle,
BryanBurns,andClaudiaMoatti.
AmongcolleaguesoutsideUSC,Ireceivedsupportandencourage-
mentatanearlystageofmycareerfromJohnPeradotto,PietroPucci,
and the late Charles Segal. An NEH Fellowship for College Teach-
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ersin – providedanopportunityforresearchonArchaicGreek
culture,someofwhichhascontributed(inarevisedcontext)toargu-
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ments in Chapter . More recently, I owe much to the anonymous
readersofCambridgeUniversityPress,whosecommentsandcriticisms
havehadamajorimpactonthefinalversionofthisproject.
Friendshipsoldandnewhavecontinuedtoprovideresourcesvital
to completing this work. Among old friends I thank Glenn Embrey,
JohnHouse,andDavidEidenberg;amongnewerfriends,RonScheer.
Iowemygreatestdebttofamilymemberswhoseloveandsupportseem
boundless:mysistersMarieDanzigerandCatherineBehrens,myson
Ste´phane,butbeyondallothersmywifeNicoleDufresne.
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