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 told about athle...
| Uniform Title: | Greeks overseas.
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Greeks overseas.
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Format: | Book |