On Ἀττικός (e Ἀττική) in Ancient Attestations
abstract
The early literary occurrences of Ἀττικός/Ἀττική (from Sol. fr. 2.6 and 30.11 G.-P.2, Alc. fr. 401B V./L., Aesch. Eum. 681) show that this ethnicon, compared with Ἀθηναῖος, is the official name of any Athenian citizen in international context.
Keywords: Aristophanes • Ἀθηναῖος • Aeschylus • Persona loquens • Heraclides criticus • Ethnic Ἀττικός vs • Alcaeus • Solon