customs
Oath-Taking
horkos / ius iurandum
The sworn invocation of gods as witnesses and avengers to guarantee a promise, treaty, or testimony, often sealed by sacrifice, libation, or touching a sacred object.
Where this idea shows up
16 Greek sourcesWhere to read it
- Xenophon· Athens
- Memorabilia354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- Cyropaedia354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- Ways and Means354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- On Hunting354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- Quaestiones Convivales120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Quaestiones Graecae120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Quaestiones Romanae120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Deipnosophistae230 CEAthenaeus of Naucratis· Naucratis