Humanities

A series of descriptions of " urbane " stylistic elements and expressions (στεα) is traced back from Aristotle (Rhet. 3.10-11) and Anaximenes (Rhet. Alex. 22) to the rhetoricians Polus and Licymnius (first cited in Plato's Phaedrus), through Isocrates and the account of metaphor in Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.2.13, with further reference to Aristotle, Poetics 17 and Gorgias' Encomium of Helen. The development reflects debates over thought vs. style, the role of the enthymeme, metaphor, maxims, antithesis, and visual imagery, what Aristotle refers to both as " making (images appear) before the eyes " and as " activity " (νέργεια).

In the Politics, Aristotle recognizes participation in law courts as an essential element in citizenship, yet there has been relatively little scholarship on how he sees this participation being realized. References to law courts are sprinkled widely through the Politics, Rhetoric, and Ethics, as well as the Athenaiôn politeia, where their importance is revealed most clearly. Ernest Barker took great pride in the English administration of law: if he had returned to write a more thorough treatment of Aristotle’s political thought, he might well have focused on the courts.

The book contains a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on ancient Greek law during the archaic and classical periods from the 7th to the 4th century B.C. The purpose of the project was to bring together, in one place, the entire body of scholarship in the field in order to facilitate further research in ancient Greek law.