O objetivo desta pesquisa é estudar a memória cultural de Sólon de Atenas no texto “A Constituição dos Atenienses”, atribuído a Aristóteles. Esta obra realiza uma interpretação da poesia de Sólon e do seu contexto histórico através de uma investigação historiográfica da memória política de Atenas. A formação da memória cultural de Sólon nesta obra é um objeto privilegiado para abordar a memória da democracia, a concepção de regime democrático no contexto do séc. IV ateniense, e o estatuto do conhecimento histórico no contexto intelectual da escola aristotélica. / The aim of this research is to study the cultural memory of Solon of Athens on the text “The Athenians Constitution” ascribed to Aristotle. This source performs an interpretation of the Solon’s poetry and his historical context through a historiographical investigation about the political memory of Athens. The shaping of the cultural memory of Solon in this source is a privileged object to approach the memory of ancient democracy, the 4th century BC conception of democratic regime and the historical knowledge status on the context of the Aristotelian school.

O objetivo desta pesquisa é estudar a memória cultural de Sólon de Atenas no texto “A Constituição dos Atenienses”, atribuído a Aristóteles. Esta obra realiza uma interpretação da poesia de Sólon e do seu contexto histórico através de uma investigação historiográfica da memória política de Atenas. A formação da memória cultural de Sólon nesta obra é um objeto privilegiado para abordar a memória da democracia, a concepção de regime democrático no contexto do séc. IV ateniense, e o estatuto do conhecimento histórico no contexto intelectual da escola aristotélica. / The aim of this research is to study the cultural memory of Solon of Athens on the text “The Athenians Constitution” ascribed to Aristotle. This source performs an interpretation of the Solon’s poetry and his historical context through a historiographical investigation about the political memory of Athens. The shaping of the cultural memory of Solon in this source is a privileged object to approach the memory of ancient democracy, the 4th century BC conception of democratic regime and the historical knowledge status on the context of the Aristotelian school.

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the fifth century BCE there were three defining periods in Athenian history that challenged its society: the Persian Wars (490 – 479 BCE); Periclean Athens (mid-fifth century); and the Peloponnesian War (431 – 404 BCE). As the development of identity is a reactionary process, these three periods had a profound effect on the Athenian identity and led to the redefinition of this self-image along the primordialist models. Two premises are combined in this study. Firstly that comparisons to contrary ethnicities are vital to the development of identity, and secondly that the visual articulation of an identity is essential to the reinforcement and maintenance of this self-image. This can be applied to the development of Athenian identity during the fifth century BCE as reflected in Attic vase painting. Through a study of the "other" imagery produced in this century, with special attention given to Amazons, it is possible to see the development and nature of the Athenian identity during each of the three periods. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Tydens die vyfde eeu vC was daar drie omskrywende periodes in Atheense geskiedenis wat hul samelewing uitgedaag het: die Persiese Oorloë (490 – 479 vC); Perikleiese Athene (mid-vyfde eeu); en die Pelopponiese Oorlog (431 – 404 vC). Omdat die ontwikkeling van identiteit 'n reaksionêre proses is, het hierdie drie periodes 'n diepgaande indruk op die Atheense identiteit gehad en het bygedra tot die herdefiniesie van hierdie selfbeeld volgens die primordialis modelle. Twee stellings word gekombineer in hierdie studie. Eerstens dat vergelykings aan teenoorgestelde etnisiteite essensieel is vir die ontwikkeling van identiteit, en tweedens, dat die visuele artikulasie van 'n identiteit noodsaaklik is vir die versterking en onderhoud van die selfbeeld. Dit kan toegepas word by die ontwikkeling van Atheense identiteit gedurend die vyfde eeu vC soos in Attiese vaas versiering uitgebeeld is. Deur middel van 'n studie van die "ander" beelde geskep in die eeu, met spesiale aandag aan Amasone, is dit moontlik om die ontwikkeling en karakter van die Atheense identiteit gedurend elk van die drie periodes te verstaan.

Le tribunal populaire de l’Héliée ne constitue pas seulement une des institutions les plus importantes de la démocratie athénienne ; il reflète la structure même du régime démocratique d’Athènes aux Ve et IVe siècles. Cependant, l’attribution, par certaines sources, de l’origine de l’Héliée aux réformes de Solon et à l’établissement d’un régime censitaire remet en question son caractère d’emblée démocratique et populaire. Le sujet est d’un intérêt particulier, étant donné que chaque année six mille Athéniens, non professionnels, étaient tirés au sort et formaient l’Héliée. Ce fait lui donne une importance politique prépondérante, qui est visible en particulier à partir de la fin du Ve siècle. L’activité judiciaire constitue un élément si important de la vie politique de l’Athénien et connaît une telle augmentation au cours du IVe siècle qu’on a souvent l’impression que le conflit politique se déplace de l’espace de l’Assemblée à l’Héliée. Ces problématiques nous conduisent à saisir la période de la création de l’institution de l’Héliée et le régime auquel elle est liée, puis à éclairer son caractère politique, tant du point de vue de son fonctionnement et des procès qui sont jugés devant ses tribunaux que du rôle de ses tribunaux dans la vie politique d’Athènes. L’étude conjointe des sources littéraires et épigraphiques permet de conclure qu’au-delà du rôle primordial de l’Assemblée du peuple dans la prise des décisions politiques, on trouve une autre institution fondée sur une base populaire qui participe à l’organisation politique de la cité et qui est étroitement liée au développement de la démocratie athénienne. / The court of Heliaia is not only one of the most important institutions of Athenian democracy, but also reflects the structure of the democratic constitution of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. However, the fact that several sources attribute its origins to the reforms of Solon and the establishment of a timocratic constitution questions its explicit democratic and popular character. The issue is particularly interesting, given that each year six thousand non-professional Athenians are allotted and form the People’s Court. This fact implies that Heliaia is of prominent political significance, especially since the late fifth century. The importance of the judicial activity in the political life of Athenians, as well as its notable increase during the fourth century, were such that we often have the impression that the political conflicts occur not only in the Assembly but also in the People’s Court. Motivated from these issues, we first search for the period of the establishment of the institution of Heliaia and its historical context. Additionally, we aim to clarify its political character from the perspective of its function and trials, as well as from the perspective of its role in the political life of Athens. Indeed, the study of the literary and epigraphic sources allows us to conclude that, beyond the primary role of the Assembly of the People in the political decisions, there is another institution of popular composition involved in the political organization of the city, which is directly linked to the development of Athenian democracy.

This thesis discusses the differences in the descriptions of and the attitudes towards female courage in the literature of the Classical period. Male authors of this period wrote extensively of the martial and virtuous courage of men, andreíā, yet in some instances labelled courage instead as tólma or thrásos. Tólma and thrásos are even more commonly used in descriptions of female courage, audacity or rashness. How these three words could be used in relation to men and women is discussed, and the fundamental belief of the Classical period that women were not capable of courage is encountered. As courage was outside the nature, phúsis, of a woman, her actions were always more likely to be viewed as tólma or thrásos. To what extent the literature of the period can reflect the lived experience of the ancient Athenian is unknown. However, it is concluded that literary works both impact and are impacted by social and cultural values, such as the view that women should not or could not be courageous.

This thesis discusses the differences in the descriptions of and the attitudes towards female courage in the literature of the Classical period. Male authors of this period wrote extensively of the martial and virtuous courage of men, andreíā, yet in some instances instead labelled courage as tólma or thrásos. Tólma and thrásos are even more commonly used in descriptions of female courage, audacity or rashness. How these three words could be used in relation to men and women is discussed, and the fundamental belief of the Classical period that women were not capable of courage is encountered. As courage was outside the nature, phúsis, of a woman, her actions were always more likely to be viewed as tólma or thrásos. To what extent the literature of the period can reflect the lived experience of the ancient Athenian is unknown. However, it is concluded that literary works both impact and are impacted by social and cultural values, such as the view that women should not or could not be courageous.

This thesis presents a historical study of the relationship between the city of ancient Byzantium and the Thracian Bosporus. Structured around the themes of regional particularity and identity, it shows that local studies can be used to gain fresh insights into more general topics. Viewed through the lens of the relationship between strait and city, the history of the Bosporus sheds light on the nature of economic exploitation and ancient imperialism, and on the nature of ancient communities’ local identities. Chapter 1 explores regionally specific geographical features in the strait, which directed and determined responses to life in the area, around which the regional economy revolved, and in response to which the identities of the local communities were created. Chapters 2 and 3 examine the history of economic exploitation of the region, exploring the attitude of the Athenian Empire toward the Bosporus, and the attempt by the local communities of the Bosporus to create a controlled monetary system in the third century BC. These efforts to exploit local opportunities and commodities, I show, transformed the Bosporus into an attractive economic resource. Chapter 4 examines the local fishing industries of the strait, and demonstrates that the extraordinary availability of fish in the region provoked responses which could not be emulated precisely elsewhere. The thesis also shows that the cultural identity of a Greek city could be intensely local. Byzantium, a Greek colony typically characterized by its relationship to its mother-city, had a series of important local identities, explored in chapter 1. From this perspective, chapter 5 re-examines the difficult relationship between Greeks and Thracians in the region, and chapter 6 questions the validity of the traditional view of the relationship between a colony and its mother-city.

J'ai complété l'étude du mythe des Danaïdes que j'ai effectuée au cours de mon premier Doctorat à l'Université d'Urbino. Mon travail a consisté dans l'analyse de ce mythe de l'époque archaïque à l'époque classique, traité plus ou moins longuement dans le Catalogue des femmes d'Hésiode, le poème argien Danais, la IXème Pythique et la Xème Néméenne de Pindare. Les Suppliantes d'Eschyle et le dithyrambe de Melanippide. Les Danaïdes sont des figures importantes, qui d'une part sont en relation avec l'utilisation rationnelle des eaux par le creusement de puits, d'autre part sont impliquées dans une histoire cruelle et sanglante. Les Danaïdes se sont échappées de leur patrie, l'Egypte, pour éviter un mariage avec leurs cousins, les fils d'Egyptos. Pourquoi les fuient-elles ? Une partie des critiques prétend qu'elles fuient l'inceste ; d'autres considèrent qu'elles ont horreur des Egyptiens parce qu'ils représentent la violence et la démesure ; un troisième groupe affirme qu'elles éprouvent de l'aversion pour tout mariage, quel qu'il soit. J'ai cherché à montrer que les Danaïdes, si l'on s'en tient aux sources archaïques ont fui les Egyptiens pour un motif dynastique, et que c'est Eschyle qui a mis l'accent sur le fait que le mariage doit être un acte fondé sur l'amour et un accord mutuel. Quoi qu'il en soit, quarante-huit Danaïdes ont tué leurs maris lors de la première nuit de noces. Seule Hypermnestre a épargné son époux Lyncée parce qu'elle est tombée amoureuse de lui. Selon certains auteurs, ses soeurs ont été purifiées par Athéna et Hermès et se sont remariées (le récit de leur second mariage se trouve dans la IXème Pythienne de Pindare et dans le Periegesis de Pausanias. De la seconde moitié du Vème siècle jusqu'à la première moitié du IVème siècle, les témoignages relatifs aux Danaïdes sont nombreux, à partir d'Aristophane, qui a écrit une comédie intitulée Danaïdes, à la suite d'une tragédie intitulée Lyncée, due à Théodecte, un auteur qui a vécu au IVème siècle av. J.-C. De ces deux textes nous n'avons que des fragments : quelques vers pour Aristophane, un résumé pour Théodecte. Beaucoup d'auteurs tragiques et comiques ont écrit des pièces intitulées Danaïdes : Callias, Timoclès, Diphilius, Chaerémon, mais nous n'en avons gardé que les titres ou quelques vers. Par le biais de l'analyse philologique mon travail a mis en évidence ce qui reste de ce patrimoine presque perdu. L'aspect le plus connu du mythe des Danaïdes (la punition de verser indéfiniment de l'eau d'un récipient dans un pithos percé), est presque inconnu dans la littérature classique jusqu'à la fin du deuxième siècle av. J.-C. : on en trouve la première mention littéraire dans le dialogue pseudo platonicien intitulé Axiochus. Cet aspect est bien mis en évidence dans le genre de la parémiographie : les héroïnes qui se trouvent aux Enfers, versent l'eau dans une jarre percée avec une petite passoire, ce qui est une façon de montrer l'inutilité de leur travail. Comment se sont-elles retrouvées aux Enfers ? Quel texte littéraire grec tragique ou comique a raconté cette histoire ? Aucun témoignage n'a subsisté, mais nous savons que souvent les proverbes grecs ont une dérivation littéraire. En conséquence, il est possible qu'une pièce ait été la source de cette histoire. J'ai envisagé de rechercher si tel ou tel proverbe a une origine populaire ou littéraire. Il existe en effet une autre série des proverbes liés à ce mythe des Danaïdes, à propos du triste sort des Egyptiens, proverbes dont l'antiquité est attestée. Mon travail a effectué un passage en revue et une analyse philologique de chacune des sources antiques qui ont traité des Danaïdes. D'autre part, j'ai souligné les modalités de formation du mythe et étudié sa réception à travers les différentes époques de la littérature et de la civilisation des Grecs. En résumé, pour la communauté d'Argos dans l'époque archaïque les Danaïdes furent des héroïnes cultuelles, liées à l'utilisation des eaux. / The purpose of my research is the myth of Danaïdes, women in the first wedding night have killed their husbands, son of Aegyptus. Why Danaïdes are murderers?According to the Argive mythology Danaïdes have killed their husbands for dynastic reasons, but Aeschylus Suppliant’s show that they have killed to escape the excesses and violence of their suitors. I have already studied this myth to race my first doctorate at the University of Urbino. Gold, with the University of Trento and Lille I want to pursue, based on testimony Aristophane, who wrote a comedy entitled Danaïdes to follow the tragedy Theodectes’s Lyncée, author lived in the fourth century BC. evidence they are fragmentary: we have only a few lines to Aristophane, the only summary for Theodectes. All this shows the great vitality of this myth, but the direct tradition makes us get too little! Other times, the Danaids became the subject of a proverb related to water. This aspect is very keen in the kind of parémiographie where the heroines are in hell: they're going to spill the water in a jar pierced with a small strainer, to demonstrate the futility of their travail. How the heroines are they finished in hell? Greek literary text which told this story? No evidence in respect of, but we know that the Greek proverbs often have a literary diversion. Τherefore is it possible that she was either lost the source for this story room? Μy research should investigate whether such a popular proverb or literary origin. We will say that there is another series of proverbs related to this myth Danaïdes, especially that tell the plight of Egyptian and are very ancient. In the first half of the fifth century they already have their canonical formulation, demonstration of their antiquity. Αἰγύπτου γάμος and Λέρνη κακῶν are, with respect, meaningful: the Greek, in utter such proverbs, want to denote evils and misfortunes endless.

RESUMO Serão investigadas, nesta dissertação, as origens da democracia ateniense através da análise de quatro epigramas de Simônides de Ceos e da contextualização de alguns outros. Partindo do assassinato de Hiparco por Harmódio e Aristogíton e traçando suas conseqüências, tanto do ponto de vista mítico quando político, tentaremos demonstrar como o povo, agora identificado como mesmo ideal de igualdade perante a lei (isonomia), foi capaz de afastar tanto o perigo de uma helotização da Ática, quanto o de uma submissão ao império aquemênida, ao vencer duas batalhas decisivas, cujo relato foi preservado em inscrições que chegaram até nós sob o nome de Simônides por transmissão literária ou epigráfica ou ambas. Também iremos lidar com todos os aspectos relativos à composição, caráter e transmissão de cada um dos quatro epigramas comentados, além de fornecer uma tradução de todos os outros - incluindo os novos fragmentos elegíacos recentemente descobertos - que possam ter alguma relevância para o assunto em questão. / The origins of Athenian democracy are herein surveyed through the analysis of four Simonidean epigrams and the canvassing of several others. Starting from the murder of Hipparchus by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, and following its consequences, both mythic and political, we shall proceed to demonstrate how the people, now identified with the same democratic ideal, was able to eschew both the danger of helotization by Sparta and submission by the Persian Empire by its winning two decisive battles recorded in inscriptions that came down to us either through literary or epigraphical transmission or both. We shall also deal with all aspects surrounding the composition, nature and transmission of each of the four epigrams, besides providing a translation of all other epigrams - including the newly discovered elegiac fragments - that may bear any relevancy to the subject under appreciation.

The aim of the thesis is to investigate and define from a genre perspective how cultural, social, and situational factors interacted in old comedy between 425 and 388 BCE.