[55]. His finest portrayals are noble women. He was no woman-hater, but freely presented both sides of female character. Cf. Medea 230 ff. and other such passages complaining of woman’s lot; fr. 655 (Protes.), advocating community of wives. Cf., however, Decharme, op. cit., 133 ff.
[56]. Cf. Nauck, frs. 642 (Polyidus), 55, 56 (Alex.), 95 (Alcmene), 143 (Andromeda), 326 and 328 (Danae); cf. Decharme, op. cit., pp. 163 ff. and notes; Dobbs, op. cit., p. 78, n. 5.
[57]. Op. cit., p. 7: “Ich auch in volkswirtschaftlicher Beziehung von keinen Neuern mehr als von ihm gelernt habe.” Cf. Kautz, op. cit., pp. 123 ff.
[58]. Thuc. ii. 40. 1; i. 70. 8; ii. 40. 2; etc.
[59]. Thuc. i. 2.
[60]. Thucydides Mythhistoricus (1907); cf. Shorey’s critical review, Dial, July-December, 1907, pp. 202 ff.; also W. Lamb, Clio Enthroned (1914), especially pp. 34-67. Lamb’s citations of Thucydides (pp. 35 f.), present sufficient evidence of the Greek historian’s economic insight.
[61]. Op. cit., pp. 18 f.
[62]. “Die wirtschaftliche Entwickelung des Alterthums,” Kleine Schriften, 1910; cf. also Beloch, Zeitschr. f. Socialwiss., II, 21 ff.; “Griechische Geschichte,” ibid.; Poehlmann, Geschichte des antiken Socialismus und Kommunismus, I (2d ed., 1912, Geschichte der sozialen Frage und des Socialismus in der antiken Welt). Citations from Poehlmann throughout the book are to this work unless otherwise specified. He exaggerates the development of capitalism. Meyer and Beloch are also somewhat misleading in their use of the modern terms for Greek conditions. Francotte (L’Industrie dans la Grèce ancienne [1900]) is more conservative. For the older extreme conservative view, cf. the works of Rodbertus and Bücher. Cf. infra for further notice of the subject.
[63]. Haney, op. cit., p. 17.
[64]. For a full discussion of the Greek attitude toward labor, with citations from ancient and modern authors, cf. infra, p. [29], n. 4; pp. [32] ff., and notes; pp. [47] ff. and notes; pp. [69] f. and notes; pp. [93] ff. and notes.