Pindar in Sicily

• Main Author: Reid, Heather L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Lewis, Virginia M. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Parnassos Press - Fonte Aretusa 2021
• Series: Heritage of Western Greece
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Language & Literature; Philosophy; History; Classical Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Even a cursory look at the remaining corpus of Pindar's victory odes leaves one in no doubt about the wealth, power, and prestige of his Sicilian patrons. Exactly a third of the odes were composed for Sicilian athletic victories, all but three in the more illustrious of the four Panhellenic con...