Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals : from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Pindarus, 518-438 a.C
Hornblower, Simon. Morgan, Catherine, 1961- |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xiv, 473 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm. |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 11 Datensätze |
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Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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 agōnes and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen
- 'Kapetōleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek agōnes / Tony Spawforth
- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas.
