The name of Kleandros, I.8.1, who is the primary laudandus in this victory ode, means ‘he who has the glories-of-men [klea andrōn]’. On the technical terms laudandus and laudator, see the Inventory of ...
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... fications of kharis ‘gratification; pleasurable beauty, grace’, is a symbol of reciprocity between the laudator and the laudandus. In the song here, the kharites are imagined as myrt ...
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... tive voice of the performance re-enacts the voice of the poet as he speaks to his patron. As the laudator addresses the laudandus, he claims control over a kleos ‘glory of song’ that ...
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Isthmian 8.1
Gregory NagyThe name of Kleandros, I.8.1, who is the primary laudandus in this victory ode, means ‘he who has the glories-of-men [klea andrōn]’. On the technical terms laudandus and laudator, see the Inventory of ... Continue reading
Isthmian 8.16
Gregory Nagy... fications of kharis ‘gratification; pleasurable beauty, grace’, is a symbol of reciprocity between the laudator and the laudandus. In the song here, the kharites are imagined as myrt ... Continue reading
Nemean 7.61-63
Gregory Nagy... tive voice of the performance re-enacts the voice of the poet as he speaks to his patron. As the laudator addresses the laudandus, he claims control over a kleos ‘glory of song’ that ... Continue reading