Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire /
Saved in:
| Corporate Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of 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 ag�ones and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen
- 'Kapet�oleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek ag�ones / Tony Spawforth
- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas.