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Hippokleas

Victorious athlete from Thessaly, honored in a Pythian ode.

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First appearance: victory odes

Hippokleas shows up with force in X For Hippokleas of Thessaly. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Victorious boy athlete from Thessaly, winner of the quarter-mile race.
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In X For Hippokleas of Thessaly: Victorious boy athlete from Thessaly, winner of the quarter-mile…

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Character Web

3 connections

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RHRhadamanthusAPApolloALAlkmenaHIHippokleas

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Victors, patrons, and mythological figures
  • Mythological heroes and deities

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Narrative arc

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SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the revelation that the flute’s music—celebrated as Midas’s vic…

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