The idea of the divine character of the sovereign was transmitted to the individual national monarchies in which the Alexander empire remained fragmented. Greece, once again detached from Macedonia, abandoned to itself, counted for nothing, neither towards the east, where Macedonia took its place, nor towards the west, where Rome ended up enslaving it. By…
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Aspects of Ancient Greek Civilization
Law In Greece there are as many rights as there are pòleis. Documentation is scarce, relatively abundant only for Athens. Law was considered in Greece first as a divine emanation (ϑεσμός) and the first legislators are often mythical figures (Lycurgus, Zaleuchus); only in the 7th century. the human law (νόμος) begins to assert itself, which removes the…