Solon of Athens : new historical and philological approaches /
This volume offers a range of innovative approaches to Solon of Athens, legendary law-giver, statesman, and poet of the early sixth century B.C. In the first part, Solon's poetry is reconsidered against the background of oral poetics and other early Greek poetry. The connection between Solon�...
Other Authors: ,
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2006.
Series:
Mnemosyne, Supplements
272.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.
Subjects:
Online Access: Login to view Source
Tags: Add Tag
Call Number: DF224.S7 S65 2006eb
| Summary: | This volume offers a range of innovative approaches to Solon of Athens, legendary law-giver, statesman, and poet of the early sixth century B.C. In the first part, Solon's poetry is reconsidered against the background of oral poetics and other early Greek poetry. The connection between Solon's alleged roles as poet and as politician is fundamentally questioned. Part two offers a reassessment of Solon's laws based on a revision of the textual tradition and recent views on early Greek lawgiving. In part three, fresh scrutiny of the archeological and written evidence of archaic Greece results in new perspectives on the agricultural crisis and Solon's role in the social and political developments of sixth-century Athens. Originally published in hardcover |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | "This volume originated at a conference which was held at the study center of the Radboud University Nijmegen, Soeterbeeck, in the Netherlands in December 2003"--Acknowledgements. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 476 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047408895 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |