Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes

by Virginia Lewis

Myth, Locality, and Identity argues that Pindar engages in a striking, innovative style of mythmaking that represents and shapes Sicilian identities in his epinician odes for Sicilian victors in the fifth century BCE. While Sicily has been thought to be lacking in local traditions for Pindar to celebrate, Lewis argues that the Sicilian odes offer examples of the formation of local traditions: the monster Typho whom Zeus defeated to become king of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190910313
• ISBN13: 9780190910310
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"