Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals : from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire

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Presents a collection of essays 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 cele...

Presents a collection of essays 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 archaeological and sociological insights.

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