This essay is appearing in Greek for the first time. In another version it has been published as the third chapter of the author’s book Five Men – Five Centuries. Essays on Solon, Sophocles, Dion, Cydias, and Diaios, translated from the original Greek text by Philip Sherrard and edited in 1971, London, Widenfeld and Nicolson (p. 67-122).
Academy of Athens
