Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Eratosthenes, Solon, Antipater of Sidon, Callimachus, Alexander Aetolus, Theognis of Megara, Mimnermus, Antimachus, Tyrtaeus, Philitas of Cos, Xenophanes, Parthenius of Nicaea, Ion of Chios, Critias, Euphorion of Chalcis, Agathyllus, Callinus, Dionysius Chalcus, Phanocles. Excerpt: Solon (ancient Greek: , c. 638 BC - 558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy. Knowledge of Solon is limited by the lack of documentary and archeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC. He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reforms. His works only survive in fragments. They appear to feature interpolations by later authors and it is possible that fragments have been wrongly attributed to him (see Solon the reformer and poet). Ancient authors such as Herodotus and Plutarch are the main source of information, yet they wrote about Solon hundreds of years after his death, at a time when history was by no means an academic discipline. Fourth century orators, such as Aeschines, tended to attribute to Solon all the laws of their own, much later times. Archaeology reveals glimpses of Solon's period in the form of fragmentary inscriptions but little else. For some scholars, our 'knowledge' of Solon and his times is largely a fictive construct based on insufficient evidence while others believe a substantial body of real knowledge is still attainable. Solon and his times can appear particularly interesting to students of history as a test of the limits and nature of historical argument. During Solon's time, many Greek city...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ancient Greek Elegiac Poets: Eratosthenes, Solon, Antipater of Sidon, Callimachus, Alexander Aetolus, Theognis of Megara, Mimnermus, Antimachus. To get started finding Ancient Greek Elegiac Poets: Eratosthenes, Solon, Antipater of Sidon, Callimachus, Alexander Aetolus, Theognis of Megara, Mimnermus, Antimachus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Ancient Greek Elegiac Poets: Eratosthenes, Solon, Antipater of Sidon, Callimachus, Alexander Aetolus, Theognis of Megara, Mimnermus, Antimachus
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Eratosthenes, Solon, Antipater of Sidon, Callimachus, Alexander Aetolus, Theognis of Megara, Mimnermus, Antimachus, Tyrtaeus, Philitas of Cos, Xenophanes, Parthenius of Nicaea, Ion of Chios, Critias, Euphorion of Chalcis, Agathyllus, Callinus, Dionysius Chalcus, Phanocles. Excerpt: Solon (ancient Greek: , c. 638 BC - 558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy. Knowledge of Solon is limited by the lack of documentary and archeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC. He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reforms. His works only survive in fragments. They appear to feature interpolations by later authors and it is possible that fragments have been wrongly attributed to him (see Solon the reformer and poet). Ancient authors such as Herodotus and Plutarch are the main source of information, yet they wrote about Solon hundreds of years after his death, at a time when history was by no means an academic discipline. Fourth century orators, such as Aeschines, tended to attribute to Solon all the laws of their own, much later times. Archaeology reveals glimpses of Solon's period in the form of fragmentary inscriptions but little else. For some scholars, our 'knowledge' of Solon and his times is largely a fictive construct based on insufficient evidence while others believe a substantial body of real knowledge is still attainable. Solon and his times can appear particularly interesting to students of history as a test of the limits and nature of historical argument. During Solon's time, many Greek city...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ancient Greek Elegiac Poets: Eratosthenes, Solon, Antipater of Sidon, Callimachus, Alexander Aetolus, Theognis of Megara, Mimnermus, Antimachus. To get started finding Ancient Greek Elegiac Poets: Eratosthenes, Solon, Antipater of Sidon, Callimachus, Alexander Aetolus, Theognis of Megara, Mimnermus, Antimachus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.