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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Всеобщая история</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8127</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-833X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">27321</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8127-2021-13-3-269-276</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ECONOMY AND POLITICS OF ANCIENT GREECE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЭКОНОМИКА И ПОЛИТИКА ДРЕВНЕЙ ГРЕЦИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Alkaios on the role of Mytilenian aristocracy in the economic life during stasis</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Алкей о роли митиленских аристократов в экономической жизни в период статсиса</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Solomatina</surname><given-names>Yelena Ivanovna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Соломатина</surname><given-names>Елена Ивановна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Research Fellow Detachment for Comparative Studies of the Ancient Civilizations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>научный сотрудник Отдела сравнительного изучения древних цивилизаций</p></bio><email>Solomatina_elena@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of World History Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт всеобщей истории РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-09-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Ancient Greece and Rome: Politics and Economics</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Экономика и политика античного мира</issue-title><fpage>269</fpage><lpage>276</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-09-02"><day>02</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Solomatina Y.I.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Соломатина Е.И.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Solomatina Y.I.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Соломатина Е.И.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/27321">https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/27321</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evidence concerning different activities of aristocracy and if possible to define its role in the economic life during a very specific period in the history of archaic Mytilene, i.e. stasis. Alkaios’ poetry provides valuable information on the problem in question. Alkaios is one of the main witnesses and participants in the described events. Besides that, lyrics of Sappho, Alkaios’ contemporary, is used, her poems provide concrete examples which complete Alkaios’ evidence. The results of archaeological investigations corroborate the data of the written sources and shed light on those spheres of aristocracy activities that have not got evident representation in the authentic sources. We are talking about agriculture and the role of aristocracy in this economic sector and moreover about the land as a main source of material well-being of aristocracy. After all the land issue was always in the focus of poleis policy in time of peace as well as during turbulent political strife. Analyzed information from the set of available sources testifies to a very complicated role played by Mytilenian aristocracy in the economic life of Mytilene during stasis that is difficult to evaluate unambiguously. An important evaluation criterion of the role is possession of civil rights of which the losing party may be deprived during stasis while having to flee into exile. In the first case the role may be positive and in the second one negative.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Основная цель исследования - проанализировать сведения о разных видах деятельности аристократии и по возможности определить ее роль в экономической жизни в особый период истории архаической Митилены - в период стасиса. Ценная информация по интересующему вопросу сохранена, главным образом, в поэзии Алкея, основного свидетеля и участника многих из описываемых событий. Кроме того, привлекаются произведения его современницы Сапфо, дополняющие конкретными примерами свидетельства Алкея, а также более поздние по времени нарративные источники, основу которых составляют стихотворения упомянутых поэтов. Используемые в работе результаты археологических исследований подтверждают данные письменных источников и проливают свет на те сферы занятий аристократии, которые не нашли явного отражения в аутентичных источниках. Речь идет о сельском хозяйстве и роли аристократии в этом секторе экономики, а также о земле как главном источнике материального благосостояния аристократии. Ведь земельный вопрос всегда была в центре проводимой полисом политики как в мирное время, так и в период бурных политических междоусобиц. Проанализированная информация всего комплекса имеющихся источников свидетельствует о сложной роли аристократии в экономической жизни Митилены в период стасиса и не позволяет оценить эту роль однозначно. Важным критерием оценки этой роли является наличие гражданства, которое может быть утрачено в период стасиса проигравшей стороной, отправившейся в изгнание. В первом случае роль оценивается положительно, а во втором отрицательно, несмотря на то, аристократы занимались одними и теми же видами деятельности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Alkaios</kwd><kwd>Mytilene</kwd><kwd>aristocracy</kwd><kwd>mercenaries</kwd><kwd>maritime commerce</kwd><kwd>land property</kwd><kwd>stasis</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Алкей</kwd><kwd>Митилена</kwd><kwd>аристократия</kwd><kwd>наемники</kwd><kwd>морская торговля</kwd><kwd>земельные владения</kwd><kwd>стасис</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Osborne R. Greece in the Making, 1200–479 BC. London: Routledge, 1996.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Osborne R. 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