Description
Book SynopsisDetermining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life.
Trade Review[An] excellent and well-written book. -- W. Jeffrey Tatum American Historical Review
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Litigiousness, Ancient and Modern
Chapter 1. Litigation in Democratic Athens
Chapter 2. The Invention of Sykophancy: Idea and Ideology
Chapter 3. Litigation and Class Conflict
Chapter 4. Public Suits and Volunteer Prosecutors
Chapter 5. Private Quarrels and Public Disputes: Quarrelsomeness and Community Ideals
Chapter 6. Beyond the Letter of the Law
Conclusions
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index of Ancient Citations
General Index
