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Pindar and the Cult of Heroes

Currie Bruno
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199586707
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
622 gr
Høyde
214 mm
Bredde
139 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
504

Forfatter
Currie Bruno

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes

Currie Bruno
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk
Currie Bruno
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk
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Review from previous edition In this stimulating first book, Bruno Currie presents a well-defined, well-informed and not uncontroversial study.

Deborah Boedeker, Journal of Hellenic Studies

...any study, which questions traditional scholarly notions of what went on in Greek religion, is refreshing...Currie's study has certainly opened up new ways of thinking about both the purpose and the institution of hero-cults, which will hopefully stimulate yet further work on Greek heroes.

Gunnel Ekroth, Kernos

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes combines a study of Greek culture and religion (hero cult) with a literary-critical study of Pindar's epinician poetry. It looks at hero cult generally, but focuses especially on heroization in the 5th century BC. There are individual chapters on the heroization of war dead, of athletes, and on the religious treatment of the living in the 5th century. Hero cult, Bruno Currie argues, could be anticipated, in different ways, in a person's lifetime. Epinician poetry too should be interpreted in the light of this cultural context; fundamentally, this genre explores the patron's religious status. The book features extensive studies of Pindar's Pythians 2, 3, 5, Isthmian 7, and Nemean 7.
Les mer
A radical new appraisal of the veneration and cult of heroic men, living and dead, in ancient Greece. Bruno Currie finds the roots of the Hellenistic ruler cult, and hence Roman emperor cult, in the 5th century BC (and earlier), and identifies Pindar's victory odes as a crucial stage in this process.
Les mer
I. SOME THEMES IN HERO CULT: HOMER AND PINDAR ; II. HEROIZATION IN THE FIFTH CENTURY BC ; III. FIVE ODES OF PINDAR
`Review from previous edition In this stimulating first book, Bruno Currie presents a well-defined, well-informed and not uncontroversial study.' Deborah Boedeker, Journal of Hellenic Studies `...any study, which questions traditional scholarly notions of what went on in Greek religion, is refreshing...Currie's study has certainly opened up new ways of thinking about both the purpose and the institution of hero-cults, which will hopefully stimulate yet further work on Greek heroes.' Gunnel Ekroth, Kernos
Les mer
Offers a re-evaluation of hero cult in ancient Greece Puts forward a new interpretation of Pindar's epinician poetry Combines cultural-historical with literary perspectives
Offers a re-evaluation of hero cult in ancient Greece Puts forward a new interpretation of Pindar's epinician poetry Combines cultural-historical with literary perspectives

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Review from previous edition In this stimulating first book, Bruno Currie presents a well-defined, well-informed and not uncontroversial study.

Deborah Boedeker, Journal of Hellenic Studies

...any study, which questions traditional scholarly notions of what went on in Greek religion, is refreshing...Currie's study has certainly opened up new ways of thinking about both the purpose and the institution of hero-cults, which will hopefully stimulate yet further work on Greek heroes.

Gunnel Ekroth, Kernos

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes combines a study of Greek culture and religion (hero cult) with a literary-critical study of Pindar's epinician poetry. It looks at hero cult generally, but focuses especially on heroization in the 5th century BC. There are individual chapters on the heroization of war dead, of athletes, and on the religious treatment of the living in the 5th century. Hero cult, Bruno Currie argues, could be anticipated, in different ways, in a person's lifetime. Epinician poetry too should be interpreted in the light of this cultural context; fundamentally, this genre explores the patron's religious status. The book features extensive studies of Pindar's Pythians 2, 3, 5, Isthmian 7, and Nemean 7.
Les mer
A radical new appraisal of the veneration and cult of heroic men, living and dead, in ancient Greece. Bruno Currie finds the roots of the Hellenistic ruler cult, and hence Roman emperor cult, in the 5th century BC (and earlier), and identifies Pindar's victory odes as a crucial stage in this process.
Les mer
I. SOME THEMES IN HERO CULT: HOMER AND PINDAR ; II. HEROIZATION IN THE FIFTH CENTURY BC ; III. FIVE ODES OF PINDAR
`Review from previous edition In this stimulating first book, Bruno Currie presents a well-defined, well-informed and not uncontroversial study.' Deborah Boedeker, Journal of Hellenic Studies `...any study, which questions traditional scholarly notions of what went on in Greek religion, is refreshing...Currie's study has certainly opened up new ways of thinking about both the purpose and the institution of hero-cults, which will hopefully stimulate yet further work on Greek heroes.' Gunnel Ekroth, Kernos
Les mer
Offers a re-evaluation of hero cult in ancient Greece Puts forward a new interpretation of Pindar's epinician poetry Combines cultural-historical with literary perspectives
Offers a re-evaluation of hero cult in ancient Greece Puts forward a new interpretation of Pindar's epinician poetry Combines cultural-historical with literary perspectives

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199586707
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
622 gr
Høyde
214 mm
Bredde
139 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
504

Forfatter
Currie Bruno

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