Theognidus (Theognidus)Megarsky ( other Greek: Θέογνις ὀ Μεγᾰρεύς ) is an ancient Greek poet of the 2nd floor. VI century BC e. The representative of the clan aristocracy, Theognidus was expelled from his native city and wandered through different regions of Greece .
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The pessimism and despair of the defeated aristocracy , hatred of the demos - "vile", to the wealthy citizens and their leaders - "tyrants" Feognidus dressed in the form of short moral-political "elegies", drinking poems. These elegies are addressed to the young man Kearn, whom Theognidus “instructs” in the basic principles of aristocratic ethics according to the ancient Dorian tradition, but the traditional moral teachings of the Greek gnome are interspersed with sharp explosions of political bitterness and thirst for revenge.
The lyrics of Theognis is one of the brightest examples of aristocratic hatred and contempt for demos in world literature. Calling for the consolidation of the aristocracy, Theognidus is taking up arms against marriages between a bankrupt nobility and the rich representatives of the “thin” demos, as a result of which the “breed of citizens grow dull”, biologically “worsens” - the “ eugenic ” theory that brought Friedrich Nietzsche and the fascist theorists of “racism” to the attention of Theognis. ". Elegy Theognis was very popular among the Athenian aristocracy and served as a material for feast singing, the author’s name became almost collective for “feast” poetry, and the collection that reached us is essentially a “feast songbook”, which contains a very large number of poems that do not belong to Theognis and related to different times.
As noted in TSB , traditional advice to honor gods and ancestors attracted attention in antiquity. At the same time , V.N.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Record # 265406304, Record # 233359777 // VIAF - 2012.
- ↑ Theognidus
Bibliography
- In the Collection Budé series: Théognis . Poèmes élégiaques. Texte établi, traduit et commenté par J. Carrière. (2e édition 1948) 2e tirage 2003.288 p. ISBN 978-2-251-00322-1
- Theognidus . Elegies. / Per. A. Piotrovsky. St. Petersburg: Petropolis, 1922. 96 pp.
- Feognidov collection. Prince 1. / Proseich. per. A.K. Gavrilova. // Dovatur A.I. Feognid and his time. L .: Science, 1989 . S. 147-181.
- Theognidus and Theognidian collection. / Per. Yu.A. Golubtsa. // Ancient Greek elegy. / Ed. sub. N.A. Chistyakova. (Series "Antique Library". Section "Antique Literature"). St. Petersburg: Aletheia, 1996 . 400 pp. 97-155. (the second book of the collection was first translated )
- Dovatur A.I. Feognid and his time. L .: Science. 1989. 208 pp. 9300 copies.
Links
- Greek text in Wikisource
- Theognidus - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- Theognidus // Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. , 1885.
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The article is based on the materials of the Literary Encyclopedia of 1929-1939 .