Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History
, by Christesen, PaulNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781107410695 | 110741069X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/4/2012
This book, published in 2008, 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.