Journal | Axon
Journal issue | 5 | 1 | 2021
Research Article | Dedication by Hieron of Syracuse in Olympia
Dedication by Hieron of Syracuse in Olympia
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.
Submitted: Feb. 13, 2021 | Accepted: May 3, 2021 | Published June 30, 2021 | Language: it
Keywords Helmet • Olympia • Pindar • Syracuse • Kyme • Deinomenids • Hieron • Persian Wars • Tyrrhenians • Dedication
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