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 - Couverture rigide

Almeida, Joseph A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004130020 ISBN 13 : 9789004130029

Editeur : Brill, 2003

Synopsis

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 sets forth the polis idea, which becomes the measure for an examination, in the final two chapters, of Solon's view of dike. The book thus exhibits an interdisciplinary approach to Archaic poetry.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph A. Almeida, Ph.D. (1999) in Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara, is Associate Professor of Classics at Franciscan University of Steubenville. His teaching, research, and publications all involve Greek intellectual history, especially the development of philosophic ideas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004130020
• ISBN 13: 9789004130029
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 308
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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