Fighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetry
<p>This thesis explores the theme of the motivation of soldiers in Greek lyric poetry while holding it up against the backdrop of epic. The motivation of soldiers expressed in lyric poetry depicts a complex system that demanded cohesion across various spheres in life. This system was designed...
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| description | <p>This thesis explores the theme of the motivation of soldiers in Greek lyric poetry while holding it up against the backdrop of epic. The motivation of soldiers expressed in lyric poetry depicts a complex system that demanded cohesion across various spheres in life. This system was designed to create and maintain social, communal, and political cohesion as well as cohesion in the ranks. The lyric poems reveal a mutually beneficial relationship between citizen and polis whereby the citizens were willing to fight and potentially die on behalf of the state, and in return they received prominence and rewards within the community. It is no coincidence that these themes were so common in a genre that was popular at the same time as the polis and citizen army were both developing.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0e705e39-2ba1-4ac0-9833-f4f6afb04af22024-12-01T12:18:10ZFighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetryThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:0e705e39-2ba1-4ac0-9833-f4f6afb04af2Greek Lyric PoetryAncient Greek literatureGreek Epic PoetryEnglishORA Deposit2017Holt, TRutherford, R<p>This thesis explores the theme of the motivation of soldiers in Greek lyric poetry while holding it up against the backdrop of epic. The motivation of soldiers expressed in lyric poetry depicts a complex system that demanded cohesion across various spheres in life. This system was designed to create and maintain social, communal, and political cohesion as well as cohesion in the ranks. The lyric poems reveal a mutually beneficial relationship between citizen and polis whereby the citizens were willing to fight and potentially die on behalf of the state, and in return they received prominence and rewards within the community. It is no coincidence that these themes were so common in a genre that was popular at the same time as the polis and citizen army were both developing.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Greek Lyric Poetry Ancient Greek literature Greek Epic Poetry Holt, T Fighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetry |
| title | Fighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetry |
| title_full | Fighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetry |
| title_fullStr | Fighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetry |
| title_short | Fighting in the shadow of epic: the motivations of soldiers in early Greek lyric poetry |
| title_sort | fighting in the shadow of epic the motivations of soldiers in early greek lyric poetry |
| topic | Greek Lyric Poetry Ancient Greek literature Greek Epic Poetry |
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