Fra lotta politica e gruppi sociali: Solone e il suo pubblico

The analysis of Solon’s poetry and the comparison between it and the poetry and politics of archaic Greece allow the hypothesis that his audience was a hetaireia consisting of his relatives and allies. The difference between Solon and other poets linked to the hetaireia - e. g. Alcaeus or the Theognidea - may stem from an ideological difference between their audiences: the factions - generally aristocratic - that struggled for power and, consequently, the respective hetaireiai may have very different political positions with respect to their dealings with other cities and with the lower social classes, and with respect to maintaining their domination over internal opponents.