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Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals : from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire /
A collection of essays, by a stellar team of authors, about the praise (èpinikian') poetry of the classical poets Pindar and Bacchylides. The social and physical, as well as the literary, background to these poems celebrating athletic victory is explored in light of the latest archaeological a...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Griego |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford Univ. Press,
©2007.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | A collection of essays, by a stellar team of authors, about the praise (èpinikian') poetry of the classical poets Pindar and Bacchylides. The social and physical, as well as the literary, background to these poems celebrating athletic victory is explored in light of the latest archaeological and sociological insights. - ;Ancient sport made a huge if indirect contribution to the literature of ancient Greece, since some sixty poems by Pindar and Bacchylides ('epinikian odes'), written to commemorate victories, survive from the Classical period. This book is a collection of essays about that lit. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 473 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191537981 0191537985 9786611155117 6611155112 0199296723 9780199296729 |