Title Hesiod and Aeschylus / by Friedrich Solmsen ; with a new foreword by G.M. Kirkwood

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [1995] ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) Series Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 30 Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 30. Contents Foreword to the paperback edition -- Preface -- Part One: Hesiod -- Chapter I. The theogony -- Chapter II. The works and days -- Part Two: Solon and Aeschylus -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Solon -- Chapter II. Aeschylus : the Prometheia -- Chapter III. Aeschylus : the Eumenides -- Index Summary Friedrich Solmsen provides a new approach to Hesiod's personality in this book by distinguishing Hesiod's own contributions to Greek mythology and theology from the traditional aspects of his poetry. Hesiod's vision of a better world, expressed in religious language and imagery, pictures the savagery and brutality of the earlier days of Greece giving way to an order of justice. In this new order, however, the good aspects of the past would be preserved, giving an inner continuity and strength to the changing world.Solmsen traces the influence of Hesiod's ideas on other Athenian poets, Aeschylus in particular. From personal political experience Aeschylus could give a deeper meaning to Hesiod's dream of an organic historical evolution and of a synthesis of old and new powers. For Aeschylus, justice became the crucial problem of the political community as well as of the divine order. Through close readings of Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days and of Aeschylus' Prometheia and Eumenides, Solmsen reinterprets the political ideas of the Greek city state and the relation between divine and human justice as seen by early Greek poets.First published in 1949, this book has long been recognized as the standard work on Hesiod's influence. For the 1995 paperback edition, G. M. Kirkwood has written a new foreword that addresses the book's reception and discusses more recent scholarship on the works Solmsen examines, including the disputed authorship of Prometheia Notes "First published 1949 by Cornell University Press"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject 880-01 Aeschylus -- Criticism and interpretation 880-01/(S Ησίοδος απο την Άσκρα, 8ος αι. π.Χ -- Κριτική και ερμηνεία Hesiod -- Criticism and interpretation Aeschylus -- Religion Hesiod -- Influence Hesiod -- Influence Aeschylus -- Religion Hesiod -- Criticism and interpretation Aeschylus -- Criticism and interpretation Aeschylus Hesiod Hésiode, (07.?-07.? av. J.-C.) -- Critique et interprétation. Eschyle, (0525?-0456 av. J.-C.) -- Critique et interprétation. Solon, (0640?-0561 av. J.-C.) -- Critique et interprétation. Hesiodus. Aeschylus. Religious drama, Greek -- History and criticism Greek literature -- History and criticism Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- To 1500 Mythology, Greek, in literature. Gods, Greek, in literature. Tragedy. tragedies. tragedy (general genre) DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval. Gods, Greek, in literature Greek literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Mythology, Greek, in literature Religion Religious drama, Greek Tragedy Dieux grecs -- Dans la littérature. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Electronic books Form Electronic book ISBN 9780801466700 0801466709

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