Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History

This is the first 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.

Author: Paul Christesen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/22/2007
Pages: 600
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.01lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.47w x 1.62d
ISBN: 9780521866347