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Spectacular Gifts: Gifts Given to Delian Apollo During the Greek Archaic Period

McCutcheon, Bonnie June
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7799-454X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523834665416119

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History.
Delos, birthplace to the gods Apollo and Artemis, was home to a significant sanctuary to Apollo in the Greek Archaic Period. Apollo and his sanctuary received many spectacular gifts which stand out in the historical record, including world-premiere works of art, such as the Nikandre kore. The turannos of Samos, Polycrates, notably gave to Apollo the neighboring island of Rheneia, which he attached to Delos with a chain. These and other gifts include elements of the spectacular which make them stand out. To understand the role played by elements of spectacle in gifts at Delos, we must examine these gifts as a discourse. Only by putting them in context with one another can we fully understand the messages that each gift was meant to communicate. Ultimately, I will argue that this is a discourse about establishing and performing identity as xenoi (guest-friends) of the gods and as megaloprepes (magnificent or great men).
Greg Anderson, PhD (Advisor)
Nathan Rosenstein, PhD (Committee Member)
Timothy Gregory, PhD (Committee Member)
210 p.
Ancient History
Delos; Apollo; Delian Apollo; megaloprepes; archaic greek tyranny; Peisistratus; Polycrates

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  • McCutcheon, B. J. (2018). Spectacular Gifts: Gifts Given to Delian Apollo During the Greek Archaic Period [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523834665416119

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCutcheon, Bonnie. Spectacular Gifts: Gifts Given to Delian Apollo During the Greek Archaic Period. 2018. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523834665416119.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCutcheon, Bonnie. "Spectacular Gifts: Gifts Given to Delian Apollo During the Greek Archaic Period." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523834665416119

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