Dēmos · Classical Athenian Democracy · a Stoa Publication
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Casey Dué, edition of January 31, 2003
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This article argues that poetry—the Homeric epics and the works of the tragedians—enjoyed an importance to the democratic government of Athens equal to that of the city’s laws. Like laws, poetry was powerful. Like the law, too, poetry was regulated and, at times, manipulated according to the political needs of the city and its rulers.
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When using this article as a resource, cite it thus:
Casey Dué, “Poetry and the Dēmos: State Regulation of a Civic Possession,” in C.W. Blackwell, ed., Dēmos: Classical Athenian Democracy (A. Mahoney and R. Scaife, edd., The Stoa: a consortium for electronic publication in the humanities [www.stoa.org]) edition of January 31, 2003. Contact: cwb@stoa.org.
© January 31, 2003, Casey Dué. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Dēmos · Classical Athenian Democracy · a Stoa Publication