Bacchylides 17: Singing and Usurping the Paean

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  • Maria Pavlou Open University of Cyprus

Abstract

The poem represents a specific type of paean, which Athens sought to promulgate as intrinsically Athenian in an attempt to forge its identity as the cultural leader of the Ionians and the Greeks in general.

Author Biography

Maria Pavlou, Open University of Cyprus

Adjunct Lecturer - Undergraduate Programme "Studies in Greek Civilisation"

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2012-09-23

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