Pindar and the Cult of Heroes. - CURRIE, B.,
KORTE INHOUD
'Bruno Currie presents a well-defined, well-informed and not uncontroversial study intended to 'argue for a new understanding of Pindar's epinician poetry, and in a significant respect, of the culture which produced it.'. C.'s 'new understanding' is that, in different degrees, vicotry odes often included an intimation of the literal, cultic heroization of the laudandus. He argues that in the fifth century, immortality in cult was enjoyed by a considerably larger number of the known (i.e. recent) dead than scholars typically recognize. Further, he shows that even in the 'Classical'period, a few still-living individuals were awarded cult-style honours. (...) C.'s well-produced book most certainly deserves and rewards careful attention, both for its boldly argued thesis and for the questions it raises about individual pieces of evidence. (...) It will be accessible to all who have a sound familiarity with classical Greek culture. Its user-friendliness is enhanced bu a 47-page bibliography and two indices, by the...
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2010Uitgever: Oxford University Press504 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0199586705ISBN-13: 9780199586707Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2010. 504p. Paperback. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. [New] [Auteur: CURRIE, B.,] [Uitgever: Oxford University Press] [Jaar: 2010] [Titel: Pindar and the Cult of Heroes.]
