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Introduction
No full textBearzot Cinzia, Loddo Laura. Introduction. In: Ktèma : civilisations de l'Orient, de la Grèce et de Rome antiques, N°44, 2019. pp. 5-6
Ephesis against Eubulides (Dem. 57): legal arguments against the sykophant’s game
Full text linkThis paper analyses Euxitheus’ legal arguments in the trial against Eubulides (Dem. 57) and proposes a new analysis of the ephesis procedure. Within this framework it argues that Euxitheus’ forensic strategy is not only relevant to the question at issue – to prove his status as a legitimate citizen (gnesios polites), as someone born from two citizen parents – but is also characterised by a strict adherence to the laws and procedure involving his case. The relation between rhetoric and law emerging in Euxitheus’ speech reveals a rhetorical strategy grounded on legal evidence and documents. This essay will especially focus on two important arguments in the speech, that is, the use of religious arguments and the theme of the plot against Euxitheus, which prove extremely enlightening in showing the how the relevant procedure shaped Euxitheus’ arguments. To this aim section II compares Dem. 57 and other probable cases of ephesis in order to reassess how the ephesis procedure worked when it arose from a diapsephisis. Section III shows that the arguments used by Euxitheus are to be considered relevant to winning an ephesis case in court. The entire speech is effectively constructed to demonstrate ‘what is true’ against Eubulides’ ‘false accusations’ and ‘defamatory statements’ (57.1), that is, to use legal arguments against ‘the sykophant’s game’: to allege everything but prove nothing’
Voluntary Exile and Eisangelia in Athens: Remarks about the Lawfulness of a Widespread Practice
Full text linkThis paper aims to investigate the question of the (un)lawfulness of voluntary exile by defendants in relation to eisangelia trials. I argue that the defendant’s habit of evading trial by going into exile was never seen as lawful, despite the frequency with which it occurred. First, I examine the issue of alternating between the death penalty and exile in eisangelia trials with the aim of showing that exile was not a penalty linked to the procedure of impeachment. Then, I argue that Athenian law took into consideration the issue of the (un)lawfulness of self-exile, as demonstrated by the existence of an Athenian law concerning the same matter in homicide cases. Lastly, I analyse some ancient passages that allow us to state that defendants in high treason trials who evaded justice were likened to outlaws. Elements such as the practice of setting bounties on those who escaped trial, extradition requests for fugitives, the imposition of additional penalties such as confiscation of property and inscribing the fugitive’s name on a bronze stele, can corroborate this assumption.Questo articolo si propone di indagare la questione della (il)legittimità dell\u27esilio volontario da parte degli imputati nei processi per eisangelia. Si sostiene che l\u27abitudine dell\u27imputato di sottrarsi al processo con l’esilio non fu mai considerata legittima, nonostante la frequenza con cui si fece ricorso a tale condotta. In primo luogo, si esamina la questione dell\u27alternanza tra la pena di morte e l\u27esilio nei processi per alto tradimento, con l\u27obiettivo di dimostrare che l\u27esilio non fu una pena legata alla procedura di eisangelia. In secondo luogo, si sostiene che il diritto attico prese in considerazione la questione della (il)legittimità dell\u27auto-esilio, come dimostra l\u27esistenza di una legge ateniese che regolava la stessa materia nei casi di omicidio. Infine, si analizzano alcune testimonianze che permettono di affermare che gli imputati in processi per alto tradimento che si sottraevano alla giustizia furono assimilati a dei fuorilegge. Elementi come la pratica di fissare delle taglie su chi si sottraeva al processo, le richieste di estradizione per i fuggitivi, l\u27imposizione di ulteriori sanzioni come la confisca dei beni e l\u27iscrizione del nome del fuggitivo su una stele bronzea, corroborano questa ipotesi
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No full textThis article analyses a clause of the alliance treaty between Sinope and Heraclea Pontica concerning the exiles of both cities (I.Sinope 1, lines 8–15). The clause in question states that the exiles may remain in the cities (ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι διατελεῖν) on condition that they do not commit any crimes and prescribes the measures to be taken should this occur. After explaining the content of the treaty, the existing interpretative proposals on the clause are discussed and the hypothesis that the cities in question are Sinope and Heraclea is put forward; some examples of treaties showing a similar concern to regulate the issue of exiles are adduced. Lastly, considerations are offered as to the reasons that led Sinope and Heraclea to introduce such a treaty clause
Microwave influence on the Evolution of the Homogeneous Phenyl Acetate Catalyzed Hydrolysis
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Effect of Microwave Radiation on the Acetate-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Phenil Acetate at 25 oC
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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