[Elizabeth Irwin]Solon and Early Greek Poetry.pdf

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankSOLONANDEARLYGREEKPOETRYThepoetryofarchaicGreecegivesvoicetothehistoryandpoliticsofthecultureofthatage.Thisbookexploresthetypesofhistorythathavebeen,andcanbe,writtenfromarchaicGreekpoetry,andtherolepoetryhadinarticulatingthesocialandpoliticalrealitiesand

2、ideologiesofthatperiod.IndoingsoitpaysparticularattentiontothestanceofexhortationadoptedinearlyGreekelegy,andtothepoliticalpoetryofSolon;italsostressestheimportanceofconsideringperformancecontextasacriticalfactorininter-pretingthepoliticalexpressionsofthispoetry.PartIofthisstudyargue

3、sthatthesingingofelegiacparaenesisinthee´litesymposiumreflectstheattemptofsymposiaststoassertaheroicidentityforthemselveswithinthiswiderpoliscommunity.PartsIIandIIIturntothepoliticalpoetryofSolon;PartIIdemonstrateshowtheelegyofSolonbothconfirmstheexistenceofthise´litepractice,andsubv

4、ertsit,drawingonthepoetictraditionsofepicandHesiodtofurtherdifferentpoliticalaims;PartIIIlooksbeyondSolon’sappropria-tionsofpoetictraditionstoargueforanotherinfluenceonSolon’spoliticalpoetry,thatoftyranny.Thebookconcludesbyexploringtheimplicationsofthisreadingofelegyforapoliticalinte

5、rpretationoftheHomericepicsinAthens.ELIZABETHIRWINisaResearchFellowatGirtonCollege,Cambridge.SheistheauthorofarticlesonGreekliteratureandacontributortoTheHesiodicCatalogueofWomen(editorRichardHunter;Cambridge,forthcoming).CAMBRIDGECLASSICALSTUDIESGeneraleditorsR.L.HUNTER,R.G.OSBORNE,

6、M.D.REEVE,P.D.A.GARNSEY,M.MILLETT,D.N.SEDLEY,G.C.HORROCKSSOLONANDEARLYGREEKPOETRYThePoliticsofExhortationELIZABETHIRWINGirtonCollege,CambridgecambridgeuniversitypressCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb

7、22ru,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521851787©FacultyofClassics,UniversityofCambridge2005Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollective

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