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

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 272
• TeilnehmendeR: Blok, Josine.; Lardinois, A. P. M. H.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 272.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Notes: "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.

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 alleg...