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This volume brings together six papers relating to oratory and orators in public fora of Classical Greece and Rome. Edwards and Bers explore aspects of oratorical delivery in the Athenian courts and Assembly, including the demands placed on orators by the physical settings. Tempest examines the conceptions of oratorical competence and incompetence, particularly in respect of performance, as they are implied in Cicero.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 / Administering Justice in Ancient Athens: Framework and Core Principles -- 2 / Revenge and Punishment -- 3 / Hyperides's Against Athenogenes and the Athenian Lawon Agreements -- 4 / Slaves Operating Businesses: Legal Ramifications for Ancient Athens— and for Modern Scholarship -- 5 / Toward a New Shape of the Relationship between Public and Private Law in Ancient Greece -- 6 / "Heiliges Recht " and "Heilige Gesetze ": Law, Religion, and Magic in Ancient Greece -- 7 / Summary Fines in Greek Inscriptions and the Question of "Greek Law" -- 8 / Soft Law in Ancient Greece? -- 9 / From Anthropology to Sociology: New Directions in Ancient Greek Law Research -- 10 / Oral Law in Ancient Greece? -- 11 / The Future of Classical Oratory -- Contributors -- Index Locorum -- Index -- Index of Greek Terms