Studies in Land and Credit in Ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C.: The Horos InscriptionsTransaction Publishers - 332 pages In this classic study of the social and economic aspects of landcredit relationships in ancient Athens, first published in 1952, Moses Finley presents a systematic account of the guarantee aspects of credit. He examines the outward forms of credit transactions, the legal instruments employed, the kind of real property customarily used to guarantee debts, and the parties engaged in these transactions. |
Contents
Section 1 | xix |
Section 2 | xxii |
Section 3 | xxxiv |
Section 4 | xxxix |
Section 5 | xliii |
Section 6 | 3 |
Section 7 | 10 |
Section 8 | 28 |
Section 11 | 74 |
Section 12 | 88 |
Section 13 | 107 |
Section 14 | 118 |
Section 15 | 177 |
Section 16 | 182 |
Section 17 | 195 |
Section 18 | 202 |
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Aeschines Amorgian Amorgos analysis Aphobos Apollodoros apotimema archon Aristotle Athenian Athens Attic bottomry Chap cited cleruchs creditor debt debtor deme Demetrios Demosthenes discussion dotal apotimema dowry drachmas economic eranists eranos ergasterion evidence fact Ferguson Finley fourth century B.C. Greek law Harpocration Hesperia Hitzig horoi horoi marking horos horos inscriptions Hypereides hypothecation IG II2 IG XII II² IJ I viii indicated Ipoteca Isaeus juristic Land and Credit lease lines loans Lysias marble misthosis oikou Nikobulos obligation Onetor oration orgeones Pantainetos Paoli Pasion Peiraieus Pfandrecht Phainippos Phormio possession prasis epi lysei Pringsheim pupillary PWRE real property realty Recht reference sect security transaction slaves stone sums Syll Theophrastus tion Weiss word Xenophon Ziebarth δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ λύσει καὶ καὶ οἰκίας κατὰ ὅρος ὅρος χωρίου παρὰ πε προικός τὰ τὰς τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τῶν χωρίου καὶ