Pindar and the cult of heroes

Currie, Bruno.

Pindar and the cult of heroes [electronic resource] / Bruno Currie. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - xiv, 487 p. : ill., plans. - Oxford classical monographs . - Oxford classical monographs. .

First published in paperback 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Some themes in hero cult, Homer and Pindar -- pt. 2. Heroization in the fifth century BC -- pt. 3. Five odes of Pindar.


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Pindar--Criticism and interpretation.
Pindar--Characters--Heroes.


Laudatory poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
Odes, Greek--History and criticism.
Athletics in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Games in literature.


Greece--In literature.


Electronic books.

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