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

"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.
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