Solon and Early Greek Poetry: The Politics of Exhortation
Elizabeth Irwin
Examining the interaction between poetics and politics in ancient Greece's archaic period, in relationship to the work of Solon, this volume argues that, in general, the political expressions of martial exhortation elegy were aristocratic in nature and that the symposiasts attempted to assert a heroic identity on the wider polis community. The study demonstrates how Solon's poetry subverts this practice, using the poetic traditions of epic and Hesiod to further different political aims. It concludes by looking beyond the confines of Solon's poetic appropriations to argue for other influences on his poetry, in particular that of tyranny.
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Año:
2005
Editorial:
Cambridge University Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
364
ISBN 10:
0521851785
ISBN 13:
9780521851787
Serie:
Cambridge Classical Studies
Archivo:
PDF, 2.66 MB
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english, 2005