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100 1 _aTreston, Hubert Joseph,
_d1888-1959
245 1 0 _aPoine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-11-13
508 _aTim 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)
520 _a"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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Longmans, Green and Co., 1923
653 _aGreece -- Civilization
653 _aVendetta
653 _aCriminal law (Greek law)
653 _aHomicide (Greek law)
653 _aGreek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/poinestudyinanci00tresuoft/page/n5
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69344
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