drinking song "Skolion of Harmodius and Aristogeiton"
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The drinking song "Skolion of Harmodius and Aristogeiton" is an ancient Greek sympotic song celebrating the Athenian tyrant-slayers Harmodius and Aristogeiton as champions of freedom and democracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| drinking song "Skolion of Harmodius and Aristogeiton" canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek song
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drinking song ⓘ skolion ⓘ sympotic song ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Athena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Athenian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice | communal singing at banquets ⓘ |
| celebrates |
Aristogeiton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harmodius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates | overthrow of the Peisistratid tyranny ⓘ |
| commemoratesEvent | assassination of Hipparchus ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole | symbol of civic freedom in Athens ⓘ |
| evaluatesHarmodiusAndAristogeitonAs |
champions of freedom
ⓘ
defenders of democracy ⓘ |
| genre |
drinking song
ⓘ
political song ⓘ |
| hasAudience | Athenian symposiasts ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasMetricalForm | Greek lyric meter ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | praise of Harmodius and Aristogeiton ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Athenian democracy
NERFINISHED
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freedom ⓘ political liberation ⓘ tyrant-slayers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
heroization of citizens
ⓘ
resistance to tyranny ⓘ |
| influenced | later political songs in Greek tradition ⓘ |
| laterMedium | written text ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek lyric poetry ⓘ |
| mentions | Harmodius and Aristogeiton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | oral performance ⓘ |
| performedAt | symposium ⓘ |
| politicalFunction |
celebration of isonomia
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praise of tyrannicide ⓘ |
| preservedIn | later literary quotations ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| transmittedAs | fragmentary text ⓘ |
| usedAs | patriotic song in Athens ⓘ |
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