Pindar and the cult of heroes [electronic resource] / Bruno Currie.

By: Currie, BrunoContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford classical monographsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: xiv, 487 p. : ill., plansISBN: 9780191557194 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): 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 literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 884/.01 LOC classification: PA4276 | .C87 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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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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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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