Pindar and the cult of heroes / Bruno Currie.

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes combines a study of Greek culture and religion (hero cult) with a literary-critical study of Pindar's epinician poetry. It looks at hero cult generally, but focuses especially on heroization in the 5th century BC. There are individual chapters on the heroization of...

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Main Author: Currie, Bruno
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Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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