Paul Christesen (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire)
This is the first comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are explored and explained, and a number of important questions, such as the source and reliability of the year of 776 for the first Olympics, are addressed. Olympic victor lists emerge as a clearly defined type of literature that is best understood as a group of closely related texts.
This is the first comprehensive examination of Olympic victor lists. The origins, development, content, and structure of Olympic victor lists are expl...
