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Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals :from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire

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Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals :from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire

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Oxford ; New York

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Oxford University Press

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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]409[-445( and indexes

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edited by Simon Hornblower and Catherine Morgan

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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

Entry Element

Criticism and interpretation ، Pindar

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Criticism and interpretation ، Bacchylides

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History and criticism ، Laudatory poetry, Greek

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AU Hornblower, Simon

AU Morgan, Catherine 1961-