LEADER 03476nam 22005774a 450 001 9910823748903321 005 20230721031117.0 010 $a1-383-04409-0 010 $a1-281-15511-X 010 $a9786611155117 010 $a0-19-153798-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000409404 035 $a(EBL)415661 035 $a(OCoLC)476244024 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000221894 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12059931 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221894 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10168348 035 $a(PQKB)10057076 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415661 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271580 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115511 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415661 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000409404 100 $a20070808d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals$b[electronic resource] $efrom archaic Greece to the Roman Empire /$fedited by Simon Hornblower and Catherine Morgan 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (490 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-929672-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-445) and indexes. 327 $aIntroduction / 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 ago?nes and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen -- 'Kapeto?leia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek ago?nes / Tony Spawforth -- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas. 330 $aA collection of essays, by a stellar team of authors, about the praise (`epinikian') 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 606 $aLaudatory poetry, Greek$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aLaudatory poetry, Greek$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a884/.01 686 $a18.43$2bcl 701 $aHornblower$b Simon$0253463 701 $aMorgan$b Catherine$f1961-$0158775 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823748903321 996 $aPindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals$93945423 997 $aUNINA