Relating to or characteristic of epinicia, victory songs or odes that celebrate triumph.
From Greek epinicion 'victory song' (epi- 'upon' + nike 'victory') + -al (Latin adjective suffix). Formed to describe the genre and style of victory celebrations.
When Pindar wrote epinicial poems in ancient Greece, he was basically writing the first viral celebrity endorsements—rich people paid him huge sums to write elaborate victory songs that would make them immortal!
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