Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Publication Title

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies

Volume

54

Pages

313-341

Publisher Name

Duke University

Abstract

The dance scene in Herodotus (6.126-130) is fictitious and reflects Alcmeonid propaganda against Philaid Hippocleides, intended to embarrass a prominent enemy who may have been founder of the Greater Panathenaia.

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Author Posting. © Brian Lavelle, 2014. This article is posted here by permission of the author for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, Volume 54, March 2014.

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