I had an exam last week and I couldn't answer this question: What was economic and social status of poets in Ancient Greece in different time periods (under aristocratic, tyrannic and democratic government).

Question

I was searching the internet and mostly studied from Whithmarsh book about Ancient Greece literature, but couldn't find an answer.

Answer 1

There's not much information to find, as far as I know. The only thing I can think of for you to do is to look up a few of them in this manner:

1. go to www.google.com

2. enter aeschylus economic + social status

3. press Enter and read lots. (Be prepared; you might not find much along the lines you're searching aside from a general biography and a list of known works.)

Replace the poet's name with others you want to know about. Here's an extensive list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ancient_Greek_poets

Also ... make sure you are clear on the meaning of "extant."