A Reading on Xenophon’s Hiero (2.8-16; 6.7-10): Citizens and War in the Tyrant’s Discourse: Una lectura sobre el Hiero de Jenofonte (2.8-16; 6.7-10): los ciudadanos y la guerra en el discurso del tirano

Elisabetta Poddighe

doi:10.12795/araucaria.2024.i57.12

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Elisabetta Poddighe Università degli Studi di Cagliari

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2024.i57.12

Schlagworte:

Hiero; Simónides; tiranía; ciudadanía; guerra; valor; honor.

Abstract

This essay focuses on the role that the theme of the war waged by the citizens
plays in the tyrant Hiero’s regret for his lost status as a citizen. By invoking the
military commitment that citizens offer to the city when it is engaged in a common war, Hiero underlines those aspects of being a citizen that he misses the most: sharing in the joys of victory, taking part in collective discussions when the community decides to go to war for a common advantage, the protection of the laws afforded to the citizens defending their city, the honor that victory over the enemy brings to the entire community of citizens.

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Elisabetta Poddighe, Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Elisabetta Poddighe enseña Historia griega, Historia del pensamiento político antiguo e Historia de instituciones políticas griegas en la Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad de Cagliari. Se ocupó de la historia de la democracia ateniense en la época clásica, y hasta el alto helenismo, y de la reflexión teórica antigua sobre las instituciones atenienses. Es autora del volumen Aristóteles, Atenas y la metamorfosis de la idea democrática, publicado en Roma en 2014 con la editorial Carocci, y de Synoran. Estudios sobre el pensamiento político e histórico de Aristóteles (que se publicará en 2019 para el editor Franco Angeli). Para la sección aristotélica, participa al Projecto "Inventar el pasado / construir la historia: usos y apropiaciones antiguos y modernos del pasado de los griegos", en el subprograma de generación de conocimiento, resolución del 17 de junio, BOE del 23 de junio de 2015 "(Investigador principal: prof. Laura Sancho Rocher, Universidad de Zaragoza).

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