Cercidas (Kerkidas)

Cercidas; Kerkidas, Latin. Cercidas, from Megapolya, ca. 290-ca 220 years. BC. e., Greek poet and philosopher. Legislator and a prominent politician Achaean League and other leaders of the Union Arata Sikionskogo. The representative of the affluent community, protested against the unjust partition of wealth, which leads to social revolution. Philosophy and poetry to. greatly affected Krata and Bion, which was manifested more in poetry. Due to the papyrus, we found large fragments Meliyambov K. Their main theme - the problem of wealth, the desire for a just division of wealth and human solidarity. Poetry K., . very heterogeneous metrically, . the story with fervor about mundane household affairs, . filled with humor; solemn form is used to describe the everyday affairs, . next to the carefully constructed turnovers we find deliberate negligence, . next to exquisite metaphors - vulgarism,
. A characteristic feature of the language Meliyambov are easily created by the author of complex words. This poetic form, content close to the diatribe (cm. Bion), is considered an original invention to. his poetry took a lively interest Alexandrian philologists, she found acceptance and during the Roman Empire. Gregory the Theologian calls to. his favorite poet