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Record Nr.

UNISA996237243303316

Titolo

Solon of Athens : new historical and philological approaches / / edited by Josine H. Blok, André P.M.H. Lardinois

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2006

ISBN

1-281-39711-3

9786611397111

90-474-0889-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 p.)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; ; 272

Altri autori (Persone)

BlokJosine

LardinoisA. P. M. H

Disciplina

938.5020924

Soggetti

Politics and literature - Greece

Greek literature - History and criticism

Greek literature

Intellectual life

Politics and government

Politics and literature

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Athens (Greece) Intellectual life Congresses

Athens (Greece) Politics and government Congresses

Greece

Greece Athens

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"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.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INTRODUCTION / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- HAVE WE SOLON’S VERSES? / André P.M.H. Lardinois -- THE TRANSGRESSIVE ELEGY OF SOLON? / Elizabeth Irwin -- SOLON’S SELF-REFLEXIVE POLITICAL PERSONA AND ITS AUDIENCE / Eva Stehle -- POETICS AND POLITICS: TRADITION RE-WORKED IN SOLON’S ‘EUNOMIA’ (POEM 4) /



Fabienne Blaise -- STRATEGIES OF PERSUASION IN SOLON’S ELEGIES / Maria Noussia -- SOLON IN NO MAN’S LAND / Richard P. Martin -- IDENTIFYING SOLONIAN LAWS / Adele C. Scafuro -- SOLON’S FUNERARY LAWS: QUESTIONS OF AUTHENTICITY AND FUNCTION / Josine H. Blok -- THE REFORMS AND LAWS OF SOLON: AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW / P.J. Rhodes -- LEGAL PROCEDURE IN SOLON’S LAWS / Michael Gagarin -- THE FIGURE OF SOLON IN THE ATHÊNAIÔN POLITEIA / Hans-Joachim Gehrke -- SOLON AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS IN ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREECE / Edward M. Harris -- SOLON’S REFORMS: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE / John Bintliff -- LAND, LABOR AND ECONOMY IN SOLONIAN ATHENS: BREAKING THE IMPASSE BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY. / Sara Forsdyke -- MASS AND ELITE IN SOLON’S ATHENS: THE PROPERTY CLASSES REVISITED / Hans van Wees -- ATHENIAN AND SPARTAN EUNOMIA, OR: WHAT TO DO WITH SOLON’S TIMOCRACY? / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- PLUTARCH’S SOLON: A TISSUE OF COMMONPLACES OR A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT? / Lukas de Blois -- SOLON AND THE HOROI: FACTS ON THE GROUND IN ARCHAIC ATHENS / Josiah Ober -- A SELECTION OF SOLONIAN POETRY / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INDEX OF PASSAGES / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois.

Sommario/riassunto

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