AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

Imprisonment in Greece.

by Jean Elizabeth. Harvie




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Classics.
Degree: MA.
Year: 1936
Keywords: Classics.
Record ID: 1490779
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile132320.pdf


Abstract

When "Imprisonment in Greece" was suggested as the topic of this dissertation, it was not welcomed with great enthusiasm on my part; for not onlydid it seem a strange subject of research for a woman, but I had never given any particular thought to imprisonment in ancient Greece or anywhereelse. In the course of my research, however, I have found that the subject 1s one of absorbing interest and one well worth investigation; hence itis most surprising that no works have been written about it in modern times. This, nevertheless, is the case. [...]