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

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"The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West examines the relationship between epinician and the heroizing narratives about athletes, or 'hero-athlete narratives, ' that circulated orally in Sicily and Italy in the late archaic and early classical period. Drawing on the colorful stories...

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Main Author: Nicholson, Nigel James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Greeks overseas.
Subjects:
Odes, Greek > History and criticism.
Narrative poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Athletes in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Oral tradition > Italy > Sicily > History > To 1500.
Oral tradition > Italy, Southern > History > To 1500.
Athletics > Political aspects > Italy > Sicily > History > To 1500.
Athletics > Political aspects > Italy, Southern > History > To 1500.
Syracuse (Italy) > Kings and rulers > History.
Sicily (Italy) > History > To 800.
Odes grecques > Histoire et critique.
Héros dans la littérature.
Sicile (Italie) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 800.
Poésie narrative grecque > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Athletes in literature
Heroes in literature
Kings and rulers
Narrative poetry, Greek
Odes, Greek
Oral tradition
Italy > Sicily
Southern Italy
Italy > Syracuse
To 1500
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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