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Législateurs Lawgiver NomothèteSujets proches
Legends and stories Novels Stories Story-telling Telling of stories Declarations (Law) Pleadings Demurrer Common law pleading Speakers Novels Novellas (Short novels) Fiction--Philosophy Metafiction Stories Speaker tepeCiter ce document
Michael Gagarin, « Storytelling about the Lawgiver in the Athenian Orators », Cahiers des études anciennes, ID : 10670/1.xcguu9
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In their pleadings in court, litigants in classical Athens (ca 420-320) frequently evoke a lawgiver (nomothetēs) or lawgivers (nomothetai) as part of their argument. Some of the stories they tell are about lawgivers of the past, others concern contemporary Athenian lawgivers, and still others raise the possibility of being a lawgiver in the future. But in all cases the litigant calls on the lawgiver in order to serve the needs of his argument, and in most cases the speaker draws a moral or le...