Xenophon the Literary Critic: The Poetics and Politics of Praise in <i>Hiero</i>

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  • Laura Chason Takakjy The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

The dialogue of Simonides and Hiero can be seen as Xenophon engaging in literary criticism, as it offers a negative critique of epinician poetry and redefines the poetic principle of charis for the political realm.

Author Biography

Laura Chason Takakjy, The University of Texas at Austin

Laura Takakjy is a doctoral candidate in Classical Philology in the Classics Department at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Published

2016-10-15

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Vol. 57 No. 1 (2017)

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