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Myth, locality, and identity in Pindar's Sicilian odes /

This book argues that Pindar engages in a striking, innovative style of mythmaking that represents and shapes Sicilian identities in his epinician odes for Sicilian victors in the fifth century BCE, and it contributes new insights into current debates on the relationship between myth and place in cl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Virginia M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2019.
Series:Greeks overseas.
Subjects:
Pindar > Criticism and interpretation.
Demeter > (Greek deity) > Poetry.
Persephone > (Greek deity) > Poetry.
Demeter > (Greek deity)
Persephone > (Greek deity)
Pindar
Sicily (Italy) > Poetry.
Sicile (Italie) > Poésie.
Italy > Sicily
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Poetry
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book argues that Pindar engages in a striking, innovative style of mythmaking that represents and shapes Sicilian identities in his epinician odes for Sicilian victors in the fifth century BCE, and it contributes new insights into current debates on the relationship between myth and place in classical literature.
Physical Description:1 online resource (305 pages)
ISBN:019091033X
9780190910334