Pindar and the Construction of Syracusan Monarchy in the Fifth - Century B.c

Zusatztext Obligatory reading for historians and literary critics alike ... Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Kathryn A. Morgan is Professor of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext This book situates Pindar's victory odes for Hieron of Syracuse within the tumultuous context of Syracuse and Greece in the early fifth century BC. It combines exploration of the material and musical culture of Hieron's Syracuse with literary analysis to demonstrate how Pindar's poetry manipulates epinician form to effect political legitimation. Zusammenfassung This book situates Pindar's victory odes for Hieron of Syracuse within the tumultuous context of Syracuse and Greece in the early fifth century BC. It combines exploration of the material and musical culture of Hieron's Syracuse with literary analysis to demonstrate how Pindar's poetry manipulates epinician form to effect political legitimation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Table of Contents List of Figures Editions and Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Deinomenids and Syracuse Chapter 3. Poets and Patrons in Hieron's Syracuse Chapter 4. Placing Hieron Chapter 5. Pythian 2: A Royal Poetics Chapter 6. Olympian 1: Feasting at the King's Hearth Chapter 7. Pythian 3. Victory over Vicissitude Chapter 8. Pythian 1. A Civic Symphony Chapter 9. Henchmen (Nemean 9, Nemean 1, Olympian 6) Conclusion Bibliography INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn A Morgan, Kathryn A. Morgan, Morgan Kathryn A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780199366859
• ISBN: 978-0-19-936685-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Greeks Overseas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory