Public records and archives in classical Athens / James P. Sickinger.
"In this book, James Sickinger explores the use and preservation of public records especially laws and decrees, in the ancient Athenian democracy of the archaic and classical periods." "This book challenges the growing orthodoxy in classical scholarship that characterizes Athenian lit...
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Thesmothetai, Drakon, and Solon
- I. Thesmothetai
- II. Drakon
- III. Solon
- IV. Conclusion
- Ch. 2. Documents and Records in the Sixth Century
- I. Sixth-Century Secretaries
- II. Didascalic Records and Long-Term Preservation
- III. The Archon List
- IV. Written Records and Kleisthenes' Reforms
- V. Conclusion
- Ch. 3. Records and Archives in the Fifth Century
- I. Inscriptions and Archives
- II. The Archives of the Boule
- III. Organization and Dating of Fifth-Century Decrees
- IV. Conclusion
- Ch. 4. The Athenian Law Code and the Foundation of the Metroon
- I. The Revision of the Athenian Law Code
- II. The Foundation of the Metroon
- Ch. 5. The Archives in the Metroon
- I. Laws, Decrees, and the Records of the Boule and Ekklesia
- II. Financial Records and Accounts
- III. Poletai Documents
- IV. Other Documents
- V. Conclusion
- Ch. 6. Personnel and Organization
- I. Personnel
- II. Organization
- III. Conclusion
- Ch. 7. Consultation
- I. Archival Documents and the Lawcourts
- II. Archival Documents and Legislation
- III. Archives and Historians
- IV. Conclusion.