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 rulercult, 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. INDICE: 1: Introduction; I. Some Themes in Hero Cult: Homer and Pindar;2: Views of Death; 3: Mortality and Immortality; 4: Hero Cult; 5: Uses of theword 'heros'; 6: Immortality in renown: Kleos; II. Heroization in the Fifth Century BC; 7: Heroization of the War Dead; 8: Heroization of Athletes; 9: Theios aner: Religious Attitudes to the Living in the Fifth Century; III. Five Odes of Pindar; 10: Isthmian 7: Pankration victor and the war dead; 11: Pythian 5: The king and his royal forebears; 12: Pythian 2: Locrian saviour and Cyprianhero; 13: Nemean 7: Boy pentathlete and Delphian hero; 14: Pythian 3: Fire and immortality; 15: Epilogue
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958670-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 504
- Fecha Publicación: 29/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés