The poetics of victory in the Greek West [electronic resource] : epinician, oral tradition, and the Deinomenid empire / Nigel Nicholson.
Nicholson, Nigel James, author.
2015
PA3118.O3 N53 2015eb
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Title The poetics of victory in the Greek West [electronic resource] : epinician, oral tradition, and the Deinomenid empire / Nigel Nicholson.
Author Nicholson, Nigel James, author.
ISBN 9780190209117 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190209094
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 353 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190209094 doi
Call Number PA3118.O3 N53 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 881.01
Summary By setting epinician in dialogue with the colourful stories about athletes that circulated in the same period, The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West offers a new and compelling account of the Deinomenids' self-promotion and of the complex communities within and around the Deinomenid empire.
Note By setting epinician in dialogue with the colourful stories about athletes that circulated in the same period, The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West offers a new and compelling account of the Deinomenids' self-promotion and of the complex communities within and around the Deinomenid empire.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Greeks overseas.
Available in Other Form Poetics of victory in the Greek West.
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