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Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law in Greece from the 8th through the 6th centuries B.C., that is, from the oral culture of Homer and Hesiod to the written enactment of codes of law in most major cities.

Law, Greek. --- Greek law --- Law, Ancient --- 6th century. --- 7th century. --- 8th century. --- ancient greece. --- ancient law. --- ancient world. --- antigone. --- athens. --- crime and punishment. --- deioces. --- democracy. --- demosthenes. --- government and governing. --- government. --- greece. --- greek history. --- herodotus. --- hesiod. --- history of law. --- homer. --- judgement. --- justice. --- king. --- law. --- legal procedure. --- legal system. --- legal theory. --- litigation. --- medes. --- muses. --- nomoi. --- nonfiction. --- oral narrative. --- philosophy. --- political science. --- political thought. --- power. --- royalty. --- social control. --- sophocles. --- theogony. --- zenobius.