The Greek Concept of Justice: From Its Shadow in Homer to Its Substance in Plato

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. First edition. Octavo in dark blue cloth with red titles to spine in offwhite matte jacket; 382 pages; 24 cm. Fine copy in very good(-) dust jacket. DJ is lightly to moderately soiled from handling and age, but there is also a light brown coffee ring on the cover and some light brown coffee splashes to cover and other spots on back cover of DJ; it's nothing too distracting, but they are there; cover art; DJ also has some light sunning to edges and spine and light edgewear; there are no major tears; the book is beautifu; the cloth is clean and free of fraying; the board corners are free of bumps and rubbing; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases, pen and highlights; a gently loved used copy in well-loved jacket. A solid copy for your collection. in very good(-) dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674362209; 9780674362208

In English. Contents: From Homer to Plato: the contours of the problem -- The function of epic in preliterate societies -- The psychology of rhythmic memorization -- The society reported by Homer -- Some elements of the Homeric fantasy -- The method and manner of Homeric storage -- The justice of the Iliad -- The legalities of the Odyssey -- The moralities of the Odyssey -- The justice of the Odyssey -- The justice of Hesiod: an essay in detection -- The spoken and the written word -- The early history of the verb "to be" -- The justice of Solon -- The justice of the pre-Socratics -- The justice of Aeschylus -- The justice of Herodotus -- The justice of Plato -- A philosophy of the written word.