Output details
31 - Classics
University of Glasgow
Article title
Pindar und der 'Protz' Xenophon (fr. 122 M.): Von der Positionierung im politischen und im literarischen Feld
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Philologus
Article number
-
Volume number
155
Issue number
2
First page of article
199
ISSN of journal
0031-7985
Year of publication
2011
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Pindar’s skolion for the Olympic victor Xenophon of Corinth (fr. 122) is known for its subject rather than its poetic quality. Scholars have considered its celebration of a dedication of prostitutes to Aphrodite as inappropriate for a choral ode and have suggested a tension between the poet and Xenophon. Rather, Pindar draws a parallel between himself and the victor and his family, as transgressors of boundaries. Pindar links sport, ritual and politics: by practising conspicuous consumption Xenophon aims at detaching himself from Corinth’s egalitarian aristocracy, while the poet promotes himself as a poetic innovator and authority.
