Olympic victor lists and ancient Greek history / Paul Christesen.

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Christesen, Paul, 1966-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 580 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511480256
0511480253

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Olympic victor lists and ancient Greek history.DDC classification:

796.48 22

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GV23 .C48 2007

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15.51

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Contents:

1. An introduction to Olympic victor lists; 2. Hippias of Elis and the first Olympic victor list; 3. Olympionikon Anangraphai and standard catalogs of Olympic victors; 4. Olympiad chronographies; 5. Olympiad chronicles; 6. Conclusion.

Summary: This book is a comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained, and a number of important questions, such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics, are addressed. Olympic victor lists emerge as a clearly defined type of literature that is best understood as a group of closely related texts. This book offers a fresh perspective on works by familiar writers such as Diodorus Siculus and a sense of the potential importance of less-well-known authors such as Phlegon of Tralleis.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-564) and indexes.

This book is a comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained, and a number of important questions, such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics, are addressed. Olympic victor lists emerge as a clearly defined type of literature that is best understood as a group of closely related texts. This book offers a fresh perspective on works by familiar writers such as Diodorus Siculus and a sense of the potential importance of less-well-known authors such as Phlegon of Tralleis.

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