Solon and the rhetoric of stasis
This article considers how Solon recasts the traditional imagery of warfare and violence in order to bolster his persona as a "reconciler" (cf Ath. Pol 5.1-2) and peacemaker. Beginning with the fragments of his Salamis, I examine Solon's skilled use of persona and emotion, building on...
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University of Toronto Press
2018
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