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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 ruler cult, 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.

Laudatory poetry, Greek --- Odes, Greek --- Athletics in literature. --- Heroes in literature. --- Games in literature. --- Greek odes --- Greek poetry --- History and criticism. --- Pindar --- Pindarus --- Pindare --- Píndaro --- Pindaros --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Characters --- Heroes. --- Greece --- In literature. --- Pindaro --- Πίνδαρος

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This collection of essays examines the vogue for games and game playing as expressed in art and literature in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. Focusing on games as a leitmotif of creative expression, these scholarly inquiries are framed as a response to two main questions: how were games used to convey special meanings in art and literature, and how did games speak to greater issues in European society? In chapters dealing with chess, playing cards, board games, dice, gambling, and outdoor and sportive games, essayists show how games were used by artists, writers, game makers and collectors, in the service of love and war, didactic and moralistic instruction, commercial enterprise, politics and diplomacy, and assertions of civic and personal identity. Offering innovative iconographical and literary interpretations, their analyses reveal how games 'played, written about, illustrated and collected' functioned as metaphors for a host of broader cultural issues related to gender relations and feminine power, class distinctions and status, ethical and sexual comportment, philosophical and religious ideas, and conditions of the mind.

Iconography --- Recreation. Games. Sports. Corp. expression --- Thematology --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- art [fine art] --- games --- literature [writings] --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Games in literature --- Literature, Modern --- Games in art --- Art, Modern --- Art --- History and criticism --- History --- Games in literature. --- Games in art. --- Art, Modern. --- Literature, Modern. --- 1400-1699. --- History and criticism. --- Game theory. --- Games, Theory of --- Theory of games --- Mathematical models --- Mathematics --- Cards. --- Chess. --- Dice. --- Early Modern social history. --- Game Play. --- art [discipline] --- literature [documents]

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Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major study of the athletic games in Statius' Thebaid Book 6 uses them to produce a new reading of the poem as a whole. It explores each event in Statius' games, discussing intertextual manoeuvres, historical context and poetic positioning, developing a theme from each: audience power, cosmic disruption, national identity, masculinity and the body, games and war, kingship and narrative control. This book uses a close reading of one part of one text to range over ancient literature. It casts light on the tradition of games in ancient epic as a whole, examining the works of Homer, Virgil, Apollonius, Ovid and Lucan. It is essential reading for the student of Statius and of ancient epic and of interest to historians of Roman society with an interest in sport and spectacle.

Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature. --- Political poetry, Latin --- Epic poetry, Latin --- Politics and literature --- Sports in literature. --- Games in literature. --- Sept contre Thèbes (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Poésie politique latine --- Poésie épique latine --- Politique et littérature --- Sports dans la littérature --- Jeux dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Statius, P. Papinius --- Poetics --- History --- Political and social views. --- Thebes (Greece) --- In literature. --- Sept contre Thèbes (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Poésie politique latine --- Poésie épique latine --- Politique et littérature --- Sports dans la littérature --- Jeux dans la littérature --- Games in literature --- Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature --- Sports in literature --- History and criticism --- Estacio --- Stace --- Statius, Papinius --- Statius, Publius Papinius --- Thēvai (Greece) --- Thívai (Greece) --- Thebes (Greece : Ancient city) --- Thiva (Greece) --- Thēva (Greece) --- Tebe (Greece) --- Theben (Greece) --- Thebes (Greece : Extinct city) --- Θῆβαι (Greece) --- Thēbai (Greece) --- Θήβα (Greece) --- Stat︠s︡iĭ, Publiĭ Papiniĭ --- Стаций, Публий Папиний --- Stazio --- Arts and Humanities --- Political poetry, Latin - History and criticism. --- Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism. --- Politics and literature - Greece. --- Poetics - History - To 1500.