Saturday, July 19, 2025

 

Perjury

Erwin Rohde (1845-1898), Psyche, tr. W.B. Hillis (1925; rpt. Chicago: Ares Publishers, Inc., 1987), p. 54, n. 85:
It should be remembered also that no legal penalties against perjury existed in Greece, any more than in Rome. They were unnecessary in face of the general expectation that the deity whom the perjurer had invoked against himself would take immediate revenge upon the criminal.
Related post: Offenses Against Gods.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 11:16 AM


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