Wenn Macht und Dichtung sich begegnen – Polykrates und Anakreon im Lichte der griechischen Literatur Cover Image

Wenn Macht und Dichtung sich begegnen – Polykrates und Anakreon im Lichte der griechischen Literatur
Wenn Macht und Dichtung sich begegnen – Polykrates und Anakreon im Lichte der griechischen Literatur

Author(s): Jakub Kuciak
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Anakreon; Polykrates; Samos; Strabo; court; Greek poetry

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is to present the preserved literary tradition about connections between the Samian tyrant Polycrates and the poet Anakreon. The literary tradition is analyzed chronologically: from Herodotus to Himerius. The author makes an attempt to present various traditions (which are partially independent form Herodotus) concerning the tyrant and the poet.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 9-23
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: German