title: Military Crimes in Classical Athens according to the Speeches of Attic Orators
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metadata.value: Vostrikov, Igor V.
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metadata.value: Rung, Eduard V.
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metadata.value: 2024-02-02T11:45:09Z
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metadata.value: 2024-02-02T11:45:09Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Vostrikov I. V., Rung E. V. Military Crimes in Classical Athens according to the Speeches of Attic Orators. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2023, vol. 68, issue 3, рp. 671–685. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.307 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.307
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44764
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metadata.value: The article addresses the problem of military crimes in classical Athens based on the analysis
  of the speeches of Attic orators. First of all, the attention is drawn to the classification of
  crimes mentioned in speeches. In particular, the starting point for this study is the fragment
  from Andocides listing various types of military crimes: service evasion, desertion, cowardice,
  abandoning of shield, and non-participation in a naval battle. The article also examines
  cases related to violations of military discipline, which, apparently, stood apart from other
  types of crimes, which may be due to their lesser severity and punishment. In general, the
  issues under study in the article are considered from two perspectives: firstly, the reasons for
  the orators’ appeal to the topic of military crimes, and, secondly, the analysis of the cases of
  crimes themselves and their interpretation by the orators. The authors come to the conclusion
  that the orators did not specifically address the topic of military crimes, with the exception of
  Lysias, whose two speeches are devoted to accusing Alcibiades the Younger of evading service
  and of desertion. The facts of military crimes, as a rule, were used to create a negative characterization
  of a person or were part of an accusation of another crime. In addition, a very
  free interpretation of these facts could take place, when orators made an attempt to accuse a
  person of several crimes at once, as, for example, with regard to Alcibiades the Younger and
  Leocrates. The case of Demosthenes, is, in fact, unfounded accusation of desertion by his political
  opponent Aeschines. However, according to the sources, the allegations of abandoning
  of arms could be regarded as slander, for which punishment was provided. There are no cases
  associated with non-participation in a naval battle referred to by orators, which may be due
  to the difficulty in identifying these facts and a small number of naval campaigns compared
  to those on land.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 68; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Athens
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: orators
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: evasion of service
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cowardice
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: desertion
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: non-participation in a naval battle
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: abandonment of a shield
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: violation of discipline
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Military Crimes in Classical Athens according to the Speeches of Attic Orators
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metadata.value: Book
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