TY  - BOOK
AU  - Treston,Hubert Joseph
TI  - Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance
AV  - DFKL 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Greece -- Civilization
KW  - Vendetta
KW  - Criminal law (Greek law)
KW  - Homicide (Greek law)
KW  - Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
N1  - Release date is 2022-11-13; Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries); Originally published; United Kingdom: Longmans, Green and Co., 1923
N2  - "Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance" by Hubert Joseph Treston is a scholarly examination written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the complex aspects of blood-vengeance in ancient Greek society, particularly as depicted in Homeric texts. The author aims to illuminate various forms of vendetta, their underlying principles, and how these customs evolved within Greek civilization.  At the start of the study, Treston outlines the purpose of his analysis, emphasizing the lack of comprehensive works specifically addressing Greek blood-vengeance. He categorizes vengeance methods among different cultures, including unrestricted vendetta and tribal compensation systems like wergeld, setting the tone for a thorough exploration of these themes. The opening establishes Treston’s argument that understanding blood-vengeance is crucial to grasping the broader sociocultural and legal frameworks of ancient Greek life, engaging with Homeric texts to support his analyses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/poinestudyinanci00tresuoft/page/n5
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69344
ER  -