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ONLINE

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

1 online resource (xiv, 473 p.) : ill., maps, plans

ISBN 9780199296729 (hbk.)

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

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(OCoLC)476244024

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