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

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 272
• TeilnehmendeR: Blok, Josine.; Lardinois, A. P. M. H.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 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 alleged roles as poet and as politician is fundamentally questioned. Part two offers a reassessment of Solon’s laws based on a revision of the textual tradition and recent views on early Greek lawgiving. In part three, fresh scrutiny of the archeological and written evidence of archaic Greece results in new perspectives on the agricultural crisis and Solon’s role in the social and political developments of sixth-century Athens. Originally published in hardcover

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INTRODUCTION / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- HAVE WE SOLON’S VERSES? / André P.M.H. Lardinois -- THE TRANSGRESSIVE ELEGY OF SOLON? / Elizabeth Irwin -- SOLON’S SELF-REFLEXIVE POLITICAL PERSONA AND ITS AUDIENCE / Eva Stehle -- POETICS AND POLITICS: TRADITION RE-WORKED IN SOLON’S ‘EUNOMIA’ (POEM 4) / Fabienne Blaise -- STRATEGIES OF PERSUASION IN SOLON’S ELEGIES / Maria Noussia -- SOLON IN NO MAN’S LAND / Richard P. Martin -- IDENTIFYING SOLONIAN LAWS / Adele C. Scafuro -- SOLON’S FUNERARY LAWS: QUESTIONS OF AUTHENTICITY AND FUNCTION / Josine H. Blok -- THE REFORMS AND LAWS OF SOLON: AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW / P.J. Rhodes -- LEGAL PROCEDURE IN SOLON’S LAWS / Michael Gagarin -- THE FIGURE OF SOLON IN THE ATHÊNAIÔN POLITEIA / Hans-Joachim Gehrke -- SOLON AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS IN ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREECE / Edward M. Harris -- SOLON’S REFORMS: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE / John Bintliff -- LAND, LABOR AND ECONOMY IN SOLONIAN ATHENS: BREAKING THE IMPASSE BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY. / Sara Forsdyke -- MASS AND ELITE IN SOLON’S ATHENS: THE PROPERTY CLASSES REVISITED / Hans van Wees -- ATHENIAN AND SPARTAN EUNOMIA, OR: WHAT TO DO WITH SOLON’S TIMOCRACY? / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- PLUTARCH’S SOLON: A TISSUE OF COMMONPLACES OR A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT? / Lukas de Blois -- SOLON AND THE HOROI: FACTS ON THE GROUND IN ARCHAIC ATHENS / Josiah Ober -- A SELECTION OF SOLONIAN POETRY / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INDEX OF PASSAGES / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois -- INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES / Josine H. Blok and André P.M.H. Lardinois.