The gesture of offering to the victorious athlete the blossoming of the Kharites ‘Graces’, who are the divine personifications of kharis ‘gratification; pleasurable beauty, grace’, is a symbol of reciprocity between the laudator and ...
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Isthmian 8.16
Gregory NagyThe gesture of offering to the victorious athlete the blossoming of the Kharites ‘Graces’, who are the divine personifications of kharis ‘gratification; pleasurable beauty, grace’, is a symbol of reciprocity between the laudator and ... Continue reading