EAN: 9783111357959

THE ORIGINS OF THE LAW IN HOMER - SHULAMIT ALMO...

The book aims to introduce the Homeric oeuvre into the law and literature canon. It argues for
a reading of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey as primordial narratives on the significance of
the rule of law. The book delineates moments of correspondence between the transition from myth
to tragedy and the gradual transition from a social existence lacking formal law to an
institutionalized legal system as practiced in the polis. It suggests the Homeric epics are a
significant milestone in the way justice and injustice were conceptualized  and testify to a
growing awareness in Homer's time that mechanisms that protect both individuals and the
collective from acts of unbridled rage are necessary for the continued existence of
communities. The book fills a considerable gap in research on ancient Greek drama as well as in
discourses about the intersections of law and literature and by doing so  offers new insights
into two of the foundational texts of Western culture.

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