| FA-50201-04 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Thomas K. Hubbard | Epinician Poetry and the Politics of Athletic Competition in Greece after the Persian Wars | 8/1/2004 - 7/31/2005 | $40,000.00 | Thomas | K. | Hubbard | | | | University of Texas, Austin | Austin | TX | 78712-0100 | USA | 2003 | Classical Literature | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
This book will demonstrate that the four major pan-Hellenic contests of ancient Greece became fora for the display and contestation of political claims among rival city-states, including those sponsoring the games. In addition, athletics became a focus of ideological conflict within states during the early fifth-century, inasmuch as the institution of public gymnasia facilitated the entry of the lower classes into serious competition, whereas athletics had once been the unique preserve of aristocrats. As a medium of public relations for "problematized elites," epinician poetry, which flourished during this period, provides special insight into these political and social conflicts. |