Object's details: Alexander and the Oathbreakers: IG II/II2 1, 318 and the Punishment of Greek Mercenary Service

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• Title:
  
  
  Alexander and the Oathbreakers: IG II/II2 1, 318 and the Punishment of Greek Mercenary Service
• Creator:
  
  
  Degen, Julian
  
• Abstract:
  
  
  This paper provides new insights into Alexander’s attitude towards the Greek mercenaries he met on his campaign against the Achaemenid Empire. It is argued that Alexander punished the Greeks fighting for the Great King as oathbreakers based on the League of Corinth’s constitution to which its members swore an oath, being under divine protection. The argumentation focuses on the last line of the oath IG II/III2 1, 318, in which the clause οὐκ ἐνκαταλείψω prohibits desertion from the League of Corinth, which is devoid of context. The argumentation is based on restoring the clause’s original context, which is achieved by its contextualisation against the backdrop of Greek legal thinking and the Macedonian execution of hegemony. The result is that, while Alexander may have used the constitutional framework set by his father as a moral argument to punish Greek mercenaries, he also took the liberty to modify it to create a non-negotiable military atmosphere of allegiance that suited his campaign needs.
• Place of publishing:
  
  
  Wrocław
• Publisher:
  
  
  Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne i Uniwersytet Wrocławski
• Date issued:
  
  2022
• Resource Type:
  
  
  text
   ;
  
  
  tekst
• Detailed Type:
  
  
  journal
   ;
  
  
  czasopismo
• Identifier:
  
  oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:140704  ; https://doi.org/10.34616/e.2022.55.75
• Language:
  
  eng
• Abstract Language :
  
  eng
• Rights holder:
  
  
  Copyright by Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne
• Autor opisu:
  
  SZ

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