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[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 23 (1994): Life, Death, and Litigation in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Athens was a famously litigious city in antiquity, as the sheer quantity of evidence for legal activity found in the Agora makes clear. Every kind of case, from assault and battery to murder, and from ... 1994

[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 9 (1951): Horoi: Studies in Mortgage, Real Security, and Land Tenure in Ancient Athens

Fine, J. V. A ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Horos markers were used to indicate when a property was mortgaged and who the creditors were. This study publishes known examples from ancient Athens and explores how the mortgage system may have worked ... 1951

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[Agora Publication] Agora XIX: Inscriptions: Horoi, Poletai Records, Leases of Public Lands

Lalonde, G.V. Langdon, M. K. Walbank, M. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The three types of inscription from the Athenian Agora presented in this volume are all concerned with important civic matters. Part I, by Gerald V. Lalonde, includes all the horoi found in the excavations; ... 1991