Project Gutenberg 2022-11-13 Public domain in the USA. 153 Treston, Hubert Joseph 1888 1959 Treston, Hubert J. 23014222 Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance $aUnited Kingdom :$bLongmans, Green and Co.,$c1923. Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance" by Hubert Joseph Treston is a scholarly examination written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the complex aspects of blood-vengeance in ancient Greek society, particularly as depicted in Homeric texts. The author aims to illuminate various forms of vendetta, their underlying principles, and how these customs evolved within Greek civilization. At the start of the study, Treston outlines the purpose of his analysis, emphasizing the lack of comprehensive works specifically addressing Greek blood-vengeance. He categorizes vengeance methods among different cultures, including unrestricted vendetta and tribal compensation systems like wergeld, setting the tone for a thorough exploration of these themes. The opening establishes Treston’s argument that understanding blood-vengeance is crucial to grasping the broader sociocultural and legal frameworks of ancient Greek life, engaging with Homeric texts to support his analyses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/poinestudyinanci00tresuoft/page/n5 20190319160605treston 1923 GB Reading ease score: 57.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Greece -- Civilization Vendetta Criminal law (Greek law) Homicide (Greek law) Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism DF KL Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Law & Criminology 1538591 2025-06-27T10:40:33.850559 text/html 1470285 2024-10-19T01:56:15 text/html 729933 2025-06-27T10:40:56.707476 application/epub+zip 746290 2025-06-27T10:40:38.143523 application/epub+zip 584851 2025-06-27T10:40:35.874469 application/epub+zip 1240363 2025-06-27T10:41:08.048321 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1201440 2025-06-27T10:40:54.490405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1036880 2025-06-27T10:40:30.438575 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1016804 2024-10-19T01:56:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16975 2025-06-27T10:41:08.436322 application/rdf+xml 9293 2025-06-27T10:40:36.351561 image/jpeg 1746 2025-06-27T10:40:36.119489 image/jpeg 685093 2025-06-27T10:40:33.942492 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog