Ancient Greek History of Olympic Victor Lists

Informationen zum Autor Paul Christesen is Assistant Professor of classics at Dartmouth College. Klappentext This is the first comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins! development! content! and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained! and a number of important questions! such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics! are addressed. Olympic victor lists emerge as a clearly defined type of literature that is best understood as a group of closely related texts. This book offers a new perspective on works by familiar writers such as Diodorus Siculus and a sense of the potential importance of less-well-known authors such as Phlegon of Tralleis. Zusammenfassung This book is a comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins! development! content! and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained! and a number of important questions! such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics! are addressed. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. An introduction to Olympic victor lists; 2. Hippias of Elis and the first Olympic victor list; 3. Olympionikon Anangraphai and standard catalogs of Olympic victors; 4. Olympiad chronographies; 5. Olympiad chronicles; 6. Conclusion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Christesen
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521866347
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86634-7
• Dimensioni: 157 mm x 233 mm x 41 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games