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grbs-13571	Pavlou, Maria	Fathers in absentia in Pindar's Epinicians	2012	32	.pdf	application/pdf	11613	510	61	Apart from the Aeacidae, who are omnipresent and a stock-theme in the Aeginetan odes,58 at the very opening of the poem Pindar points to the Dorian character of Aegina (Δωρϱίδα νᾶσον, 3),59 53 T. Hubbard, “Two Notes on the Myth of Aeacus in Pindar,” GRBS 28 (1987) 5–22, at 7 and n.20. 54 W. Race, Pindar II (Loeb 1997); see also E. Mandruzzato, Pindaro. ”20 Pindar mentions Hagesimachus (22), the boy’s great-great-grandfather,21 Praxi- damas (15), his grandfather and the first Aeginetan who had a statue erected at Olympia,22 Callias (36) and Creontidas (40), most likely brothers of Praxidamas,23 while at the end of the poem there is also reference to a certain Polytimidas (62), who 18 D. Gerber, “Pindar, Nemean Six: A Commentary,” HSPC 99 (1999) 33– 91; B. W. Henry, Pindar’s Nemeans: A Selection (Munich 2005) 49–68.	cache/grbs-13571.pdf	txt/grbs-13571.txt