Pindar's Verbal Art: An Ethnographic Study of Epinician Style (Hellenic Studies)

by James Bradley Wells (Author)

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  Argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment and laughter. This study of Pindar's language applies performance as a method for the ethnographic description and interpretation of entextualized records of verbal art.