Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals [electronic resource] : from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire / edited by Simon Hornblower and Catherine Morgan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 473 p. : ill., maps, plansSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 884/.01 22
LOC classification:
  • PA4276 .P57 2007eb
Other classification:
  • 18.43
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-445) and indexes.

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.

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