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Notes on Contributors vii List of Illustrations ix Abbreviations xiii Map: The Mediterranean World of Pindar xv I. Introduction I SIMON HORNBLOWER and CATHERINE MORGAN PART I 45 2. The Origins of the Festivals, especially Delphi and the Pythia 47 JOHN DAVIES 3. Origins of the Olympics 71 STEPHEN INSTONE 4. Pindar, Athletes, and the Early Greek Statue Habit 83 R. R. R. SMITH 5. Fame, Memorial, and Choral Poetry: The Origins of Epinikian Poetry-an Historical Study 141 ROSALIND THOMAS 6. Epinikian Eidography 167 N. J. LowE 7. Pindar's Poetry as Poetry: A Literary Commentary on Olympian 12 177 MICHAEL SILK 8. Pindar, Place, and Performance 199 CHRISTOPHER CAREY PART 2 211 9. Debating Patronage: The Cases ofArgos and Corinth 213 CATHERINE MORGAN o1. Elite Mobility in the West 265 CARLA M. ANTONACCIO II. 'Dolphins in the Sea' (Isthmian p. 7): Pindar and the Aeginetans 287 SIMON HORNBLOWER 12. Thessalian Aristocracy and Society in the Age of Epinikian 309 MARIA STAMATOPOULOU PART 3 343 13. The Entire House is Full of Crowns: Hellenistic Agones and the Commemoration of Victory 345 RIET VAN BREMEN 14. 'Kapetoleia Olympia': Roman Emperors and Greek Ag6nes 377 TONY SPAWFORTH 15. Conclusion: The Prestige of the Games MARY DOUGLAS 391 Bibliography 409