Departing from the idea of díkē [justice], present in Homeric poetry and the different perspectives developed in the poems attributed to Hesiod, I highlight some of the significant adjustments of that concept made by Solon in his historical context. In my discussion, I read some of his political poems – mainly frs. 4 and 36 W.2 –, focusing on his allusions to writing. My purpose is to suggest new ways of comprehending díkē in Solon’s poetry to reclaim his importance in the Hellenic tradition of thinking about justice and writing
The figure of Solon is crucial in the development of Greek political theory. His theoretical contrib...
The meaning and the purposes of Solon's reforms have been broadly disputed by contemporary authors, ...
This study of Solon, fr. 12 W, intends to understand how the metaphor the poet resorts to in order t...
Departing from the idea of díkē [justice], present in Homeric poetry and the different perspectives ...
The author states that in the modero world is hardly practised what ancient Greeks called JUSTICE (t...
This dissertation is a Commentary on Solon's Poems (elegiacs and tetrameters; the iambic trimeters, ...
This book addresses the historical, social and political contexts within which Solon of Athens insti...
In the 6th century B.C., Solon played an important role in the city of Athens. As a lawgiver, he est...
In the 6th century B.C., Solon played an important role in the city of Athens. As a lawgiver, he est...
This article takes its point of departure from a tradition found in the Homeric scholia and fourth-c...
I argue that, despite Solon\u27s reputation as an enemy of tyranny, his approach to solving the poli...
Departing from an anecdote related by Plutarch, in The life of Solon, in which the Athenian legislat...
This article considers how Solon recasts the traditional imagery of warfare and violence in order to...
I argue that, despite Solon\u27s reputation as an enemy of tyranny, his approach to solving the poli...
The fragment 36 W., often mentioned in the context of the discussion about the Solonian "seisachthei...
The figure of Solon is crucial in the development of Greek political theory. His theoretical contrib...
The meaning and the purposes of Solon's reforms have been broadly disputed by contemporary authors, ...
This study of Solon, fr. 12 W, intends to understand how the metaphor the poet resorts to in order t...
Departing from the idea of díkē [justice], present in Homeric poetry and the different perspectives ...
The author states that in the modero world is hardly practised what ancient Greeks called JUSTICE (t...
This dissertation is a Commentary on Solon's Poems (elegiacs and tetrameters; the iambic trimeters, ...
This book addresses the historical, social and political contexts within which Solon of Athens insti...
In the 6th century B.C., Solon played an important role in the city of Athens. As a lawgiver, he est...
In the 6th century B.C., Solon played an important role in the city of Athens. As a lawgiver, he est...
This article takes its point of departure from a tradition found in the Homeric scholia and fourth-c...
I argue that, despite Solon\u27s reputation as an enemy of tyranny, his approach to solving the poli...
Departing from an anecdote related by Plutarch, in The life of Solon, in which the Athenian legislat...
This article considers how Solon recasts the traditional imagery of warfare and violence in order to...
I argue that, despite Solon\u27s reputation as an enemy of tyranny, his approach to solving the poli...
The fragment 36 W., often mentioned in the context of the discussion about the Solonian "seisachthei...
The figure of Solon is crucial in the development of Greek political theory. His theoretical contrib...
The meaning and the purposes of Solon's reforms have been broadly disputed by contemporary authors, ...
This study of Solon, fr. 12 W, intends to understand how the metaphor the poet resorts to in order t...