Justice as an aspect of the polis idea in Solon's political poems :: a reading of the fragments in light 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 &...

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1. Verfasser: Almeida, Joseph A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Schriftenreihe:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 243.
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Zusammenfassung: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 lies in an inability to connect Solon's concrete political work with his poetic perceptions. The book's central proposal is that the polis idea, from new classical archaeology, provides an objective standard for an interpretation of Solon's ""dike"", which remedies this defect. The third chapter set.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages).
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-265) and index.
ISBN:1417545496
9781417545490
9004130020
9789004130029
9789047402138
9047402138
ISSN:0169-8958 ;

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