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Pindar and the Cult of Heroes - Oxford Classical Monographs Currie, Bruno (Fellow and Tutor in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, Oriel College, Oxford University)
Pindar and the Cult of Heroes - Oxford Classical Monographs
Currie, Bruno (Fellow and Tutor in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, Oriel College, Oxford University)
Taking a different look at the veneration and cult of heroic men, living and dead, in ancient Greece, this book finds the roots of the Hellenistic ruler cult, and hence Roman emperor cult, in the 5th century BC. It also offers a re-evaluation of the epinician genre and extensive studies of five of Pindar's odes.
504 pages, 9 line drawings
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 6, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199277247 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 504 |
| Dimensions | 146 × 224 × 34 mm · 811 g |
| Language | English |