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-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 473 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm.
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 11 Datensätze
Online Zugang: 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.