Archaeology; Civilization, Ancient; Despotism; Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C.; Wealth
Footnote 28:
Fr. 7 (17), 3–4.
Footnote 29:
Fr. 3 (14), 3.
Footnote 30:
For his hatred of tyranny see _e.g._ 1181–2, 1203–4.
Footnote 31:
Cp. of the Greeks in general, Theognis’ contemporary Cyrus (_ap._ Hdt.
I. 153), “these taunts Cyrus flung at the Greeks, because they secure
marketplaces and engage in buying and selling.”
Footnote 32:
679, φορτηγοὶ δ’ ἄρχουσι κ.τ.λ., the “bad” is the regular term in
aristocratic writers for their political opponents.
Footnote 33:
717–8.
Footnote 34:
315.
Footnote 35:
523.
Footnote 36:
699.
Footnote 37:
621.
Footnote 38:
823; cp. Solon quoted above.
Footnote 39:
ὑβριστήν.
Footnote 40:
1081–2.
Footnote 41:
Cp. _e.g._ Hdt. III. 80, ὕβρι κεκορημένος.
Footnote 42:
ὑβρίζῃ, 749–751.
Footnote 43:
47–52.
Footnote 44:
Other interpretations would be possible if in line 51 we read “from
this” (ἐκ τοῦ) instead of “from these” (ἐκ τῶν), but the MSS. all
support ἐκ τῶν.
Footnote 45:
Is it possible to see in Solon, 12 (4). 29–32, a reference to the
fates of the various tyrant families of the seventh century?
Footnote 46:
φορτηγός, Theognis, 679.
Footnote 47:
Soph. _O.T._ 540–542.
Footnote 48:
I. 13.
Footnote 49:
_Olymp._ II. 58–9 (to Thero, tyrant of Acragas).
Footnote 50:
_Olymp._ V. 15–16 (to Psaumis of Camarina). The poem ends with a
warning to Psaumis not to emulate the tyrants (μὴ ματεύσῃ θεὸς
γενέσθαι).
Footnote 51:
_Pyth._ I. 48.
Footnote 52:
ἀλλ’ ὅμως τὸ τοιοῦτον ἔτη δέκα κατέσχεν (Ἀγαμέμνων), οὐ μισθοφοραῖς
μεγάλαις οὐδὲ χρημάτων δαπάναις, οἷς νῦν ἅπαντες δυναστεύουσιν, Isocr.
_Panath._ 82 (249).
Footnote 53:
Jebb, _Attic Orators_^2, II. p. 110.
Footnote 54:
_Pol._ VII. (V.), 1314_b_. Endt, _Wien. Stud._ XXIV. (1901), p. 47,
sees here a reference to Gelo of Syracuse and quotes Diod. XI. 26;
Ael. _V.H._ VI. 11; Polyaen. I. 27, which tell how Gelo appeared naked
before the Syracusans and gave an account of his government and
offered to resign. But the only reference to the Exchequer is in
Polyaenus; and there it is only incidental (εὐθύνας δοὺς τῆς
αὐτοκράτορος ἀρχῆς, τῆς δαπάνης, τῶν καιρῶν, τῶν ὅπλων, τῶν ἵππων, τῶν
τριήρων).
Footnote 55:
See below on Solon, pp. 34–5, and chapter XI. p. 301, and cp. Aristot.
_Pol._ II. 1267; III. 1285_a-b_.
Footnote 56:
_E.g._ Lord James of Hereford, Sir D. Dale, Mr Watson and Mr Mundella,
quoted by W. T. Layton, _Capital and Labour_, p. 198. In a simpler and
smaller state than the modern kingdom or republic, during an epoch of
industrial war between evenly matched parties, it is easy to imagine
individuals in a similar position acquiring or even having thrust upon
them almost autocratic powers.
Footnote 57:
_Pol._ VI. (IV.), 1296_a_.
Footnote 58:
VI. (IV.), 1295–6.
Footnote 59:
Plut. _Sol._ 2, 14.
Footnote 60:
Aristot. _Pol._ I. 1259_a_.
Footnote 61:
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