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Publication Date: 2016
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The Court in the Homeric Epos
Loginov, Alexandr
International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, v11 n13 p5893-5901 2016
The research investigates the court system in Homeric Greece. This period was characterized by a declining culture and scarce works that described those times. Hence, the court procedures of those times remains understudied; therefore, the purpose of this research is to reconstruct theoretically the court procedure in Homeric Greece. Homer's and Hesiod's literature, as well as modern studies on this subject, were analyzed to reconstruct the court procedure. This research distinguishes two types of courts, the first one being Mycenaean royal courts and the second one being the courts of commons. After the downfall of the Mycenaean civilization, Greek communities preserved their courts, while the Mycenaean royal courts remained only as elements of epos and mythology. In the days of Homer, the Greek court of commons was based on oaths of the procedure participants. The research describes the main flaws in the court system in the days of Homer, such as corruption, prejudice, and elitist control. However, despite these problems, it was during this period that the court became the only place for settling disputes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Court Litigation, Courts, Classical Literature, Documentation, European History, Greek Civilization
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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