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• Title:
  “The Rule of Law in Exile” – on the Enduring Timeliness of a Certain Homeric Simile
• Creator:
  Appel, Włodzimierz
• Description:
  In one of his similes (Π 384–393), Homer noticed that Zeus is angry with people for breaking the law with unjust judgments (σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας) and that was how they were driving justice away (ἐκ δὲ δίκην ἐλάσωσι). The author of the article compares this statement with observations made by Hesiod (Op. 224 sqq.), who devoted relatively great space to the issues of law and justice (Δίκη). Hesiod’s statements turn out to be timeless and are reflected even in the diagnosis of our contemporary political life. The author ends his considerations with a reminder of the myth of Dike in Aratus’ poem.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
• Date:
  2023.09.20
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae; Vol. 33 No. 1 (2023); 15-21;
  Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae; Tom 33 Nr 1 (2023); 15-21;
  2720-2305;
  0302-7384
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sppgl/article/view/39411/33359
• Subject:
  Homeric simile (Π 384–393);
  Hesiod and diagnosis of lawlessness;
  Aratus’ myth of Dike
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sppgl/article/view/39411
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  text