Guardianship and Inheritance in the 4th Century Athens: with Apollodorus, son of Pasion, and Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes, as Examples

• Main Authors: Jun-YiLin, 林君憶
• Other Authors: Jia-Sheng Ueng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2bs69y

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 歷史學系 === 104 === SUMMARY This is an inquiry into the interaction between the Athenians and those rules especially concerning inheritance issue which has had a great influence both on individual and society, and on how the society would react when the rules were challenged. Owing to the characteristics of Athenian court, forensic speeches may give us some clues to the answers of those questions. This present work is consisted of two detailed examination of legal cases, respective of Demosthenes (385/4, 384/3-332BCE) and Apollodorus (394-343/340BCE). Both of them faced problems toward inheritance in the alleged abuse of guardianship. It is an in-depth analysis of texts by representing and examining the sub-text under these forensic speeches. Through a detailed reconstruction of their cases in narratives, it is the purpose of this dissertation to give us some insight into how Athenians behaved in their obeisance and manipulation of rules to their best advantage in particular cases and the relationship between personal situations and rules in general , all of which was aimed at a maintenance for the existence and continuity of their family (oikos) and, then, society (polis). Key words: Demosthenes, Apollodorus, oikos, guardianship, inheritance