Dissertation committee:
Ελένη (Σελήνη) Ψωμά. Καθηγήτρια. Αρχαίας Ιστορίας. Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας. Φιλοσοφική Σχολή. ΕΚΠΑ
Άννα Ραμού-Χαψιάδη. Ομότιμη καθηγήτρια. Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας Φιλοσοφική Σχολή. ΕΚΠΑ ΕΚΠΑ.
Σοφία Ανεζίρη. Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Αρχαίας Ιστορίας. Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας Φιλοσοφική Σχολή. ΕΚΠΑ.
Νικόλαος Γιαννακόπουλος Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Αρχαίας Ιστορίας. Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας Φιλοσοφική Σχολή. ΕΚΠΑ.
Ιωάννα Κράλλη . επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Αρχαίας Ιστορίας. Τμήμα Ιστορίας Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήμιο
Ανδρέας Χέλμης . Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Ιστορίας και Θεωρίας του Δικαίου. Τμήμα Ιστορίας του Δικαίου. Νομική Σχολή Εκπα
Ηλίας Πετρόπουλος. Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Αρχαίας Ιστορίας. Τμήμα Γλώσσας, Φιλολογίας και Πολιτισμού Παρευξείνιων Χωρών Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης
Summary:
The subject of this dissertation is the exploration of the content of the concepts of D(d)ike and dikaio, as well as related derivative and cognate terms. The central focus is on examining the semantics and conceptual transformation of these terms from the Homeric period to the 5th century BCE.In the first chapter, the focus is on examining the use of the two concepts within the context of the Homeric world and Hesiodic society. The aim is to relate them to the social, political, theological, and ethical components that constitute the characteristics of the Homeric era. Additionally, the integration of the two concepts in the human geographic environment depicted through the epics of Hesiod is examined, along with the correlation with the parameters that make up the living conditions of the agricultural society in the Hellenic continental area during the late 8th century, as well as the variables that gradually transform this society.In the second chapter, an attempt is made to examine the conceptual content of the two concepts as reflected in the lyric poetry of Solon, Theognis, and Pindar. Specifically, in the poetry of Solon and Theognis, the connection between the two concepts is examined by reflecting on the explosive situation within the cities of the sixth century as they experience economic, social, ideological, and ultimately political upheavals, leading gradually to the transition from their aristocratic to timocratic political structure. In Pindaric poetry, the connection of the two concepts is explored within the value system of a group with specific social characteristics, the aristocratic class of the first half of the fifth century. Additionally, their incorporation into the discussion of issues that constitute the guiding axes upon which the content of Pindaric poetry is shaped is examined.In the third chapter, the orientation that the significance of the two concepts takes on is explored through their coupling in the reflection that emerges with the appearance of logical doubt and the beginning of the intellectual effort to rationalize the cosmic and worldly reality, as depicted in the philosophical thought of the pre-Socratic philosophers. Additionally, an attempt is made to highlight the conceptual content of the two concepts as they are integrated into the intellectual environment of Sophisticism. Specifically, their interconnection with historical, political, intellectual, and ideological contexts that shape the basic axes of Sophistic thought during the 5th century is examined.In the fourth chapter, the focus is on the conceptual extensions that the content of the concepts of justice and law take on in the historical works of Herodotus and Thucydides. Specifically, their incorporation into the multicultural environment traced in the historical narrative of Herodotus is explored, while in Thucydides' historical and political analysis, the significance of the two concepts is sought by different actors within the multidimensional and multi-factorial system of Greek city-states during the Peloponnesian War.
Keywords:
Dike, just, law, Homer, Hesiod, Sophists, Thucydides
