example of the potential close relationship between a man’s name and his kleos as conferred by epinician lyric poetry: the very identity of the victor – Thrasuboulos (thrasu– implying rashness or impetuousness and –boulos implying deliberation or wise counsel) – was planned, from birth onward by virtue of his name, so as for the individual to participate in the epic themes of the Antilokhos story (who behaved, in accordance with his father Nestor’s advice, both impulsively and prudently); in the case of Thrasyboulos this implies success in the chariot races in the Games and immortalization by epinician lyric poetry, which formalizes such success