Currie Bruno, Pindar and the Cult of Heroes

Contrary to what one might assume from the title, this is not a book about hero-cult in Pindar, but an investigation of the extent to which the commissioners of Pindar’s epinicians were heroized. Pindar’s epinician poetry and the cult of heroes are therefore pursued independently as well as jointly...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Argitaratua izan da:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/kernos,
Egile nagusia: Ekroth, Gunnel
Formatua: Article ou chapitre numérique
Hizkuntza:Anglais
Argitaratua: Kernos 2011
Sarrera elektronikoa:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Gaia:Contrary to what one might assume from the title, this is not a book about hero-cult in Pindar, but an investigation of the extent to which the commissioners of Pindar’s epinicians were heroized. Pindar’s epinician poetry and the cult of heroes are therefore pursued independently as well as jointly throughout the study, in order to explore the link between the heroes honoured in Pindar and actual hero-cults. Among the paradigms of our modern view of Greek hero-cults is the notion that to rec...