Classical Studies 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Greek Love, Cultural Relativism, Tetrapod
13 Feb 2017
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Legislation: the greeks used the same word (nomos) for both custom and law. Thesmos is an older word (articulating a law: the beginnings of law are hard to define, there are two distinct views: (cid:494)unwritten law(cid:495) (cid:523)and so oral(cid:524) In athens the first written law are attributed to draco (621/20 bc: his homicide laws remained in force, but the rest of his laws were replaced by. Solon(cid:495)s laws (cid:523)(cid:857)(cid:861)(cid:856)/(cid:861)(cid:855) bc(cid:524) a very serious crime, First inscribed on wooden blocks (axones) for everyone to see. For these have life, not simply today and yesterday, but for ever, and no one knows how long ago they were revealed. (cid:499) Tending the dead, mourning the dead, (cid:498)balas carcas(cid:495) throw yourself to the crows. Craon forbids the burial to the body. Public lapidation means being stoned to death. Laws can be passed by the majority of the assembly: after the democracy laws could be passed by a majority of the assembly (ekklesia)
