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Pindar and the Cult of Heroes
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<em>Pindar and the Cult of Heroes</em> 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 B, Pindar and the Cult of Heroes has a rating of 5 stars
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  • Pindar and the Cult of Heroes
  • Written by author Bruno Currie
  • Published by Oxford University Press, USA, June 2010
  • 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 B
  • 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. Ther
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1Introduction1
Pt. ISome themes in hero cult; Homer and Pindar
2Views of death31
3Mortality and immortality41
4Hero cult47
5Uses of the word heros60
6Immortality in renown : kleos71
Pt. IIHeroization in the fifth century B.C.
7Heroization of the war dead89
8Heroization of athletes120
9Theios aner. : religious attitudes to the living in the fifth century158
Pt. IIIFive odes of Pindar
10Isthmian 7 : Pankration victor and war dead205
11Pythian 5 : the king and his royal forebears226
12Pythian 2 : Locrian saviour and Cyprian hero258
13Nemean 7 : boy pentathlete and Delphian hero296
14Pythian 3 : fire and immortality344
15Epilogue406


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