Wiener Studien Band 130/2017 Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und lateinische Tradition
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BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
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Wiener Studien Band 130/2017 Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und lateinische Tradition
ISSN 0084-005X
Print Edition ISSN 1813-3924 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8140-8 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8149-1 Online Edition
Almut Fries
S. 59 - 72 doi:10.1553/wst130s59 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/wst130s59
Abstract: In Pi. Pyth. 1, 71 – 80 the battles of Himera and Kyme, in which the Deinomenid rulers of Syracuse defeated the Carthaginians and Etruscans in 480 and 474 BC, are equated with the battles of Salamis and Plataea. In particular, the idea of a supreme effort for preserving Greek freedom, frequent in contemporary poetic celebrations of the Persian Wars, is transferred to the western conflicts. This paper reviews the textual evidence and argues that Pi. Pyth. 1, 71 – 80 perhaps specifically recalls Aeschylus’ description of Salamis in Persai (353 – 432) and the praise of the Spartans in Simonides’ Plataea Elegy (frr. 11 + 13 IEG2). Pindar’s ostensible aim of raising Hieron’s pan-Hellenic profile therefore acquires a second dimension: the Deinomenids not only achieved military successes equivalent to those of the mainland Greeks, but they also deserve to be praised on the same literary terms. Published Online: 2017/06/26 07:44:00 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x00369740 Rights: . INHALT
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |