# Lawgivers in Political Imaginations

- 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](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/lawgivers-political-imaginations)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-lawgivers-political-imaginations/140f37523372) (Audio)
2. [Writing Laws: Hammurabi to Solon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-lawgivers-political-imaginations/46dcf75ecdb4) (Audio)
3. [Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-lawgivers-political-imaginations/e55fc78695d9) (Audio)
4. [Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-lawgivers-political-imaginations/bdf1ceb406d9) (Audio)
5. [From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-lawgivers-political-imaginations/cee1853eee3e) (Audio)
6. [Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-lawgivers-political-imaginations/589ae58d274e) (Audio)