Pindar and the cult of heroes
Auteur :
Currie, Bruno
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199586707
Date de publication :
29 avr. 2010
Dimensions :
21,4 x 13,9 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
622 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.