The poetics of victory in the Greek West : epinician, oral tradition, and the Deinomenid empire /

The poetics of victory in the Greek West : epinician, oral tradition, and the Deinomenid empire / Nigel Nicholson.

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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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Main Author: Nicholson, Nigel James (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:Greeks overseas.
Subjects:
Odes, Greek > History and criticism.
Narrative poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Athletes in literature.
Oral tradition > Italy > Sicily > History > To 1500.
Oral tradition > Italy, Southern > History > To 1500.
Syracuse (Italy) > Kings and rulers > History.
Sicily (Italy) > History > To 800.

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