| Description |
xiv, 473 p. : ill., maps, plans. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-445) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Simon Hornblower and Catherine Morgan -- The origins of the festivals, especially Delphi and the Pythia / John Davies -- Origins of the Olympics / Stephen Instone -- Pindar, athletes, and the early Greek statue habit / R.R.R. Smith -- Fame, memorial, and choral poetry : the origins of epinikian poetry : an historical study / Rosalind Thomas -- Epinikian eidography / N.J. Lowe -- Pindar's poetry as poetry : a literary commentary / Michael Silk -- Pindar, place, and performance / Christopher Carey -- Debating patronage : the cases of Argos and Corinth / Catherine Morgan -- Elite mobility in the West / Carla M. Antonaccio -- 'Dolphins in the sea' (Isthmian 9.7) : Pindar and the Aeginetans / Simon Hornblower -- Thessalian aristocracy and society in the age of the Epinikian / Maria Stamatopoulou -- The entire house is full of crowns : Hellenistic agones and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen -- 'Kapetoleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek agones / Tony Spawforth -- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Pindar -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Bacchylides -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Laudatory poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hornblower, Simon.
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Morgan, Catherine, 1961-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780199296729 (hbk.) |
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