In Praise of Greek Athletes
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In Praise of Greek Athletes

Echoes of the Herald's Proclamation in Epinikian and Epigram

  1. 220 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

In Praise of Greek Athletes

Echoes of the Herald's Proclamation in Epinikian and Epigram

About this book

In ancient Greece both epinikian songs and inscribed epigrams were regularly composed to celebrate victory at athletic festivals. For the first time this book offers an integrated approach to both genres. It focuses on the ultimate source of information about athletic victory, the angelia or herald's proclamation. By examining the ways in which the proclamation was modified and elaborated in epinikian song and inscribed epigram, Peter Miller demonstrates the shared features of both genres and their differences. Through a comprehensive analysis of the metaphor of the herald across the corpus, he argues that it persists across form, medium, and genre from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period, and also provides a rich array of close readings that illuminate key parts of the praise of athletes. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2024
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781009365970
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Imprints page
  5. Dedication
  6. List of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Conventions
  9. Introduction: Announcing Athletic Victory
  10. Chapter 1 Messages and Heralds
  11. Chapter 2 Epinikian Elaborations
  12. Chapter 3 Epigrammatic Elaborations
  13. Conclusion
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index Locorum
  16. General Index

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