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Lawgivers in Political Imaginations

Professor Melissa Lane · Gresham College

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While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now the best-known lawgivers of Greek antiquity, there were many others, from king Minos in Crete to Zaleucus and Charondas in southern Italy. This lecture explores the specific roles attributed to Greek lawgivers in fact and legend, revealing how and why they captured later political imaginations – with mention of how some even set laws to music.

Lectures

  1. Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend 2024-09-26 · Audio
  2. Writing Laws: Hammurabi to Solon 2025-01-23 · Audio
  3. Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus 2025-02-20 · Audio
  4. Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek 2025-03-06 · Audio
  5. From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers 2025-05-29 · Audio
  6. Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions 2025-06-05 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Melissa Lane
Year
2024
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics, Law, History, Philosophy, Religion, Literature and writing
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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