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Praise of Greek Athletes: Echoes the Herald's Proclamation Epinikian and Epigram

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Praise of Greek Athletes: Echoes the Herald's Proclamation Epinikian and Epigram
Praise of Greek Athletes: Echoes the Herald's Proclamation Epinikian and Epigram

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Praise of Greek Athletes: Echoes the Herald's Proclamation Epinikian and Epigram

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In ancient Greece both epinikian songs and inscribed epigrams were regularly composed to celebrate victory at athletic festivals. For the first time this book offers an integrated approach to both genres. It focuses on the ultimate source of information about athletic victory, the angelia or herald's proclamation. By examining the ways in which the proclamation was modified and elaborated in epinikian song and inscribed epigram, Peter Miller demonstrates the shared features of both genres and their differences. Through a comprehensive analysis of the metaphor of the herald across the corpus, he argues that it persists across form, medium, and genre from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period, and also provides a rich array of close readings that illuminate key parts of the praise of athletes. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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