Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire /
Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire / [electronic resource] :
edited by Simon Hornblower and Catherine Morgan.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- xiv, 473 p. : ill., maps, plans.
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 agones and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen -- 'Kapetoleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek agones / Tony Spawforth -- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
GBA673973 bnb
Uk
Pindar--Criticism and interpretation.
Bacchylides--Criticism and interpretation.
Laudatory poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PA4276 / .P57 2007
884/.01
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 agones and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen -- 'Kapetoleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek agones / Tony Spawforth -- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
GBA673973 bnb
Uk
Pindar--Criticism and interpretation.
Bacchylides--Criticism and interpretation.
Laudatory poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PA4276 / .P57 2007
884/.01