Classical Studies 2301A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Attic Calendar, Ritten, Zaleucus
27 Jan 2017
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The shield of achilles described in the book 18 of the iliad contains a court case: Two people got into a fight at the marketplace and needed an aribriator to settle their fight the judge would give the arbitrator with the best decision two talents of gold. The shield depicts all the things you are defending such as greek farming life outside of war. I(cid:374) this fight so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e ra(cid:374)do(cid:373) takes respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) (cid:271)ut the fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept their blood money they want to killer to be killed so they seek an aribriator. The origin of greek law comes from the stopping of violence. Judges are in competition to one another because they get gold if they give the best decision. This is decided by the crowd surrounding the decision which represents democracy. This is a private case in the history of greek law. Private cases dominate the archaic and classical period.
