HIST 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Diodorus Siculus, Tydeus, Envy
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1: ephemeral nature of victory desire to memorialize that victory. The victory as the individual role of the victor"s community. Crowning (at crown competitions) or receiving the prize. Tension: supreme joy of victory + ephemeral/fleeting nature. Free meals in the prytaneion and other honours [ obsonion (pl. [ arete #221 ig i 3 131: private celebrations (victory parties) Need to re-integrate the victor into the community. Neutralizing any danger from the new power of the victorious athlete. Were written by professional poets who charged a fee is a long tradition of poetry being used to remember things, especially great deeds. Epician = epi + nike => over victory . Lyric => means the poems were sung (not recited) with musical accompaniment. Poems could circulate through the greek world, and outlast the lifetime of the athlete. Elite context: assumed knowledge of culture and myth. [ arete #248 = pindar, olympian ode 7. 1-16, 80-93]
