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Olympic victor lists and ancient Greek history /

This book is a comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained, and a number of important questions, such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics, are addressed. Oly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Christesen, Paul, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is a comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained, and a number of important questions, such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics, are addressed. Olympic victor lists emerge as a clearly defined type of literature that is best understood as a group of closely related texts. This book offers a fresh perspective on works by familiar writers such as Diodorus Siculus and a sense of the potential importance of less-well-known authors such as Phlegon of Tralleis.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 580 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-564) and indexes.
ISBN:9780511480256
0511480253
9780511550966
0511550960