The Rhetoric of Conspiracy in Ancient Athens.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht berieben, sonst sehr guter Zustand / dust jacket slightly rubbed, otherwise very good condition. - The Attic orators, whose works are an invaluable source on the social and political history of classical Athens, often filled their speeches with charges of conspiracy involving almost every facet of Athenian life. There are allegations of plots against men�s lives, property, careers, and reputations, as well as charges of conspiracy against the public interest, the government, the management of foreign affairs, and more. Until now, this obsession with conspiracy has received little scholarly attention. To develop the first full picture of this important feature of Athenian discourse, Joseph Roisman examines the range and nature of the conspiracy charges. He asks why they were so popular and considers their rhetorical, cultural, and psychological significance. He also investigates the historical likelihood of the scenarios advanced in these plots and asks what their prevalence suggests about the Athenians and their worldview. He concludes by comparing ancient and modern conspiracy theories. In addition to shedding new light on Athenian history and culture, his study provides an invaluable perspective on the use of conspiracy as a rhetorical ploy. / Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction The Athenian Conspiracy and Its Vocabulary Positive Plotting 1. Plotting Homicide 2. Plotting and Other People�s Possessions Plotting and Contested Inheritances: Isaeus Plotting and Demosthenes� Inheritance Collusions to Appropriate Contested Inheritances Plotting, Desire, and Damage Plotting Borrowers and Lenders 3. Legal Plots and Traps Plots to Obstruct Litigation: Demosthenes and the Challenge of Antidosis The Choregus�s Homicide Trial (Ant. 6). Framing in Crime: Andocides Framing in Homicide Legal Traps: Stephanus and Epaenetus Plots and Entrapments: Apollodorus and Nicostratus 4. Political Conspiracies: Plots against the City and Its Regime Plotting in Aristophanes and Thucydides The Legacy of Oligarchic Conspiracies: Andocides and Hetaireiai The Legacy of Oligarchic Conspiracies: Lysias and the Thirty Plotting Politicians and Public Officials 5. Plotting Legislation and Political Measures Demosthenes� Against Aristocrates (Dem. 23) Demosthenes� Against Timocrates (Dem. 24) Plotting Motions and Honors 6. Foreign and Domestic Plotters 7. International Conspiracies Plotting War: Philip and the Fourth Sacred War Plotting in International Trade Conclusion: Conspiracy Theories, Ancient and Modern Appendix A. Demosthenes 32. Against Zenothemis Appendix B. The Date and Background of Aristocrates� Decree Works Cited General Index Index Locorum. ISBN 9780520247871