TY - JOUR AB - The article focuses on the vexed methodological problem of how to establish a relationship between the historical tradition of Megara on the one hand and the content of the Theognidea on the other. The uncertainties concerning the author’s identity, place of birth, and date notwithstanding, the poems permit a cursory glimpse of a polis community which was characterized by a fierce competition for wealth, social recognition, and sheer power. DA - 2018-11-15 LA - eng M2 - 129 PY - 2018-11-15 SN - 2700-3590 SP - 129-138 T2 - Teiresias Supplements Online TI - Theognis and the Ambivalence of Aristocracy UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6:3-tso-2018-22941 Y2 - 2024-11-22T06:36:43 ER -