A trireme for hire(Is. 11. 48)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lionel Casson (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 241-245 |
| Publication date | 1995-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800041872 |
| OpenAlex | W2153066327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
In the extensive cast of characters named in Isaeus' On the Estate of Hagnias are two brothers, Chaereleos and Macartatus. The speaker, their brother-in-law, is anxious to impress upon the members of the court that neither was a rich man. ‘You are all my witnesses,’ he asserts, ‘that...they were not in the class of those who perform liturgies but rather of those who possess a modest estate.’ Chaereleos on his death left land worth no more than 3000 drachmas. Macartatus left nothing at all. ‘For you know,’ the speaker reminds his audience, ‘that he sold his land, bought a trireme, manned it, and sailed off to Crete, (you know it) because it was by no means a covert act—indeed, it furnished a topic for discussion in the Assembly, namely that he might cause a state of war instead of peace between us and the Spartans....It turned out...that he died along with this property of his that he sailed off with. For he lost everything, both the trireme and his life, in the war’.(Is. 11.48–9)
Brother · Covert · Estate · Nothing · Political science · Property (philosophy · State (computer science · Ancient Near East History · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |