Dedication by Hieron of Syracuse in Olympia

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_5044
dc.title	Dedication by Hieron of Syracuse in Olympia
dc.contributor.author	Chies Enrico
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2021/1/dedica-di-ierone-di-siracusa-a-olimpia/
dc.description.abstract	The inscription, carved on a bronze Etruscan helmet, was found in 1817 among the ruins of Olympia. The text of the inscription is a dedication to Zeus made by Hieron, tyrant of Syracuse, after his naval victory over the Etruscans at Kyme (474-473 BC). The inscription provides scholars with informations about both Deinomenid’s communicative strategies in a Panhellenic context and Hieron’s politics at the beginning of the fifth century BC. A comparison between the inscription and Pindar’s Pythian I allows scholars to study two very different ways of celebration of the same military event.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 5 \| Issue 1 \| June 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-05-03
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2021/01/003
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Dedication
dc.subject	Dedication
dc.subject	Deinomenids
dc.subject	Deinomenids
dc.subject	Helmet
dc.subject	Helmet
dc.subject	Hieron
dc.subject	Hieron
dc.subject	Kyme
dc.subject	Kyme
dc.subject	Olympia
dc.subject	Olympia
dc.subject	Persian Wars
dc.subject	Persian Wars
dc.subject	Pindar
dc.subject	Pindar
dc.subject	Syracuse
dc.subject	Syracuse
dc.subject	Tyrrhenians
dc.subject	Tyrrhenians

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Enrico Chies Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

The inscription, carved on a bronze Etruscan helmet, was found in 1817 among the ruins of Olympia. The text of the inscription is a dedication to Zeus made by Hieron, tyrant of Syracuse, after his naval victory over the Etruscans at Kyme (474-473 BC). The inscription provides scholars with informations about both Deinomenid’s communicative strategies in a Panhellenic context and Hieron’s politics at the beginning of the fifth century BC. A comparison between the inscription and Pindar’s Pythian I allows scholars to study two very different ways of celebration of the same military event.

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June 30, 2021

Accepted

May 3, 2021

Submitted

Feb. 13, 2021

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Keywords: Tyrrhenians • Pindar • Hieron • Helmet • Syracuse • Dedication • Persian Wars • Olympia • Kyme • Deinomenids

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