Justice as an aspect of the polis idea in solon's political poems : a reading of the fragments in light of the of the researches of new classical archaeology.

Justice as an aspect of the polis idea in solon's political poems : a reading of the fragments in light of the of the researches of new classical archaeology.

This book examines the meaning of justice or dike in the political poems of Solon from a new interpretative perspective. The first two chapters argue that neither standard historical nor literary treatments have provided an adequate foundation for understanding Solon's dike . The main defect li...

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Main Author: Almeida, Joseph A.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2003.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 243.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Solon, > approximately 630 B.C.-approximately 560 B.C. > Poetic works.
Solon, > approximately 630 B.C.-approximately 560 B.C.
Political poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece > Athens.
Criticism and interpretation.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Justice in literature.
Political poetry, Greek.
Politics and government.
Politics and literature.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
Greece > Athens.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PA4412.S8 Z519 2003

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SOLON: HISTORICAL SOURCES AND SCHOLARSHIP: WHAT WE DO AND DO NOT KNOW
  • LITERARY CRITICISM OF SOLON'S POLITICAL POEMS AFTER JAEGER
  • THE POLIS IDEA IN THE WORK OF THE NEW CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS
  • THE LEXICOGRAPHY AND INTERNAL POETICS OF DIKE
  • SOLON'S UNDERSTANDING OF DIKE IN LIGHT OF THE POLIS IDEA
  • CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
  • THE ATTHIDOGRAPHERS AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE AXONES
  • REGIONALIST THEORIES OF CONFLICT IN ARCHAIC GREECE
  • HANSEN ON SOLON IN THE ORATORS AND THE MINIMUM ARISTOTELIAN VIEW OF SOLON'S DEMOCRATIC REFORMS
  • PARTICULARS IN THE DISCUSSION OF SOLON'S CHRONOLOGY
  • Πρα̑σıϛ ἐπí λύσεı
  • THE HOPLITE AND THE POLIS: BRIEF MISCELLANEA
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. PINKSTER , H.S. VERSNEL , D.M. SCHENKEVELD , P. H. SCHRIJVERS and S.R. SLINGS.