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Archilochos Heros: The Cult of Poets in the Greek Polis (Hellenic Studies)
by Diskin Clay
by Diskin Clay
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- ISBN-13: 9780674014558
- ISBN: 0674014553
- Publication Date: 2005
- Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies
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Diskin Clay describes the discovery of the Mnesiepes inscription on Paros, which revealed the third century B.C. belief that the young Archilochos was transformed into a poet by an encounter with the Muses. It also revealed that the poet had become the object of a cult by his fellow islanders as he was transformed in death into a local hero.Diskin Clay is the author of 'Archilochos Heros: The Cult of Poets in the Greek Polis (Hellenic Studies)', published 2005 under ISBN 9780674014558 and ISBN 0674014553.
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