Political Allusions in Book 22 of the Odyssey. Odysseus, Pisistratus and the Deployment of Myth for the Justification of Tyranny

Authors

  • Spyridon D. Siropoulos University of the Aegean

Abstract

This article considers how political information can be gleaned from literary sources, notably epic and tragedy. Although not history, although manipulated as propaganda at times, the text that the author describes exemplifies how a philosophy of politics relative to democracy in sixth-century Athens may be discerned.

Études helléniques / Hellenic Studies, Volume 10, No 2, 2002, cover

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Published

2002-12-13

How to Cite

Siropoulos, S. D. (2002). Political Allusions in Book 22 of the Odyssey. Odysseus, Pisistratus and the Deployment of Myth for the Justification of Tyranny. Études helléniques / Hellenic Studies, 10(2), 125–140. Retrieved from https://ejournals.lib.uoc.gr/hellst/article/view/1263

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2002): The Balkans: A Region in Transition / Les Balkans en Mutation

Section

Articles