History of games

Title(s):
  • History of games
Period covered:
At least 7th-6th c. B.C.
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Partial
Genre:
  • Secular history (antiquarianism)
  • Oration
Remarks:
The date of composition is difficult to determine. The poem uses the noun ἱερονίκης (hieronikēs: lines 26-27), the first epigraphic example of which dates to the late-second century B.C. (cf. Remijsen 2011).
Edition - Translation:
  • P. Oxy. 79 5193
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Bibliography:
  • LDAB (= TM) 372060
  • S. Remijsen (2011) 'The so-called "Crown-Games": Terminology and historical context of the ancient categories for Agones'. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 177: 97-109.
  • W.J. Slater (2012) 'Stephanitic Orthodoxy?'. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 182: 168-178.