诗歌与城邦——忒奥格尼斯诉歌的政治意涵

Poetry and City-State——the Political Implication of Theognis' Elegy

古希腊诉歌诗人忒奥格尼斯给世人留下了无数谜题,他的生平、属地、诗作年代、诗作归属、甚至历史上是否真有其人等等问题都曾引起争议。但诗人名下诗集无疑能够代表一种麦加拉诗歌传统,这种传统首先意味着对城邦政制的检审,同时,关注于城邦政治生活的根本——教育青年。因此,细心体味这位诗人诗作中丰富的政治意涵,对人们思考诸多问题都提供了契机。

Theognis, the ancient Greek elegy poet, left countless riddles, such as his life, motherland, the time of his poetry creation, and the authorship of the poems, etc. Even the problem that whether there really was such a poet in history bred dispute. But Theogidiea , the book of poems under his name, can undoubtedly repre- sent some kind of Megara poetry tradition. The tradition firstly meant to check the political institution of city- state, and, in the same time, focused on the root of city-state political life--educating the young. Therefore, scrupulous observation into the abundant political implication in his poems may furnish chances for people to dwell on a good many problems.