Reconciliation and arbitration in ancient Greece

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370850
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: HASHIBA Yuzuru 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 教授 (10212135)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 和解 / 調停 / ギリシア / ポリス / 内乱 / 他者性 / 古代 / 都市

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The political reconciliation at Athens in 403 BCE was accomplished not only by the self-restraint of the Athenians but also by the intermediation of the Spartans as the third party, whose roles have been rather underestimated by the modern scholarship. The idea of entrusting King Pausanias and the ten Spartan arbitrators with reconciling the Athenian oligarchs and democrats should be regarded as a traditional practice in the Greek world to break the stalemate of the enduring opposition between two parties, and the Spartan intervention ought to be given more significance than as part of their international strategy. Inviting ‘others’ as a medium for reconciliation was a well-established means of political solution, so much as stasis (factional strife) was inherent in ancient Greek poleis.

Free Research Field

古代ギリシア史