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grbs-4921	Chiasson, Charles C.	The Herodotean Solon	1986	14	.pdf	application/pdf	6754	263	59	The Herodotean Solon views death from a novel perspective as the last best safeguard against misfortune, especially for those (like Croesus) whose outstanding success appears to make them the primary targets of a jealous heaven. p.249 The Herodotean Solon Charles C. Chiasson I N THE NUMEROUS scholarly discussions generated by Herodotus' account of the meeting of Croesus and Solon (1.29-33) one topic of interest and importance has received surprisingly little atten­ tion: the relationship between Solon's reported speeches to the Lyd­ ian king and the extant fragments of Solon's poetry.l That Herodotus knew at least some of Solon's poetry is beyond doubt, for at 5.113 he alludes to verses (fr.19 West) in which Solon praises the Cypriote king Philocyprus.	cache/grbs-4921.pdf	txt/grbs-4921.txt