A canção popular e a subjetividade cósmica de Arquíloco: uma leitura metafísica

This article presents an analysis of the concept of folk song during the youth of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Drawing on excerpts from The Birth of Tragedy (1872), Homer and Classical Philology (1869), Introduction to the Tragedy of Sophocles (1869), and The Greek Musical Drama (1870), we explore the metaphysical perspective of the folk song, based on the idea that Dionysian music enables the human being to reconnect with their true nature. Nietzsche proposes a mirroring of the characteristics of Ancient Greece in modern Germany, identifying in folk song a sense of unity of a people, who express their collective experiences through singing. Melody, united with the word, gives rise to the verses of the lyric poet