The poetics of victory in the Greek West [electronic resource] : epinician, oral tradition, and the Deinomenid empire / Nigel Nicholson.
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.
ISBN
9780190209117 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 353 pages) : illustrations.
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190209094 doi
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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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Greeks overseas.
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Table of Contents
The Hero-Athlete Narrative
Epinician and the Hero-Athlete Narrative
Politics and Athlopolitics in Sicily and Southern Italy
Epizephyrian Locri : Hagesidamus and Euthymus
Croton : Astylus and Philippus
Sicily under Gelon : The Two Glaucuses
Sicily under and after Hieron : Ergoteles of Himera and Tisander of Naxos
Beyond the Deinomenids : Alexidamus of Metapontum.
Epinician and the Hero-Athlete Narrative
Politics and Athlopolitics in Sicily and Southern Italy
Epizephyrian Locri : Hagesidamus and Euthymus
Croton : Astylus and Philippus
Sicily under Gelon : The Two Glaucuses
Sicily under and after Hieron : Ergoteles of Himera and Tisander of Naxos
Beyond the Deinomenids : Alexidamus of Metapontum.