Democratic Man and Politicals in Classical Greek Literature
FAIN: FB-12142-74
Robert W. Sutherland
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA 52314-1098)
To examine the conception of the democratic man (DEMOS) and his politics as seen in the writings of Homer. To show how Homer's view is developed in later writers (Hesiod, Solon, Aristophanes) until it receives its ultimate statement in Plato's Republic.