TY - JOUR
AU - Gregory, Justina
AB - AbstractIn a topos found in a range of Greek texts spanning the archaic period to the sixth century AD, a speaker links the attainment of a cherished goal to a declared desire for death. This sequence of ideas is often dismissed as formulaic or rhetorical; I argue that the topos is more varied and meaningful than such characterizations suggest. Its rationale, grounded in the archaic concept of alternation of fortune, is spelled out for a modern audience in Solon’s speech to Croesus at the opening of Herodotus’ Histories.
TI - The Extreme Wish in Greek Literature
JF - Mnemosyne
DO - 10.1163/1568525x-bja10111
DA - 2022-02-10
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/the-extreme-wish-in-greek-literature-JXuJqlyVnG
SP - 357
EP - 374
VL - 76
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -