Hippokleides, the ‘Dance’, and the Panathenaia

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  • Brian M. Lavelle Loyola Chicago

Abstract

The dance scene in Herodotus (6.126-130) is fictitious and reflects Alcmeonid propaganda against Philaid Hippocleides, intended to embarrass a prominent enemy who may have been founder of the Greater Panathenaia.

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2014-05-05

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