PLUTARCH AND HIS INTERPRETATION OF GREEK LAWS CONCERNING FAMILY AND PROPERTY

This paper looks at certain Greek laws mentioned by Plutarch, in order to examine whether they were interpreted with complete juridical rigour. Thus, the following laws are analysed: the nomoi agamiou, Solon's law concerning to the exemption of the filial duty of feeding the father, the illegitimacy of children of mixed marriages and the law of damages due to animals. This study reveals that Plutarch committed certain mistakes because of chronological errors or lack of juridical accuracy.