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The best starting point for students of the athletic context of epinician is Golden 1998, both for its discussion of the kinds of evidence available and its many insights on the political work done by athletics. Golden makes no claim to comprehensive coverage, but strong surveys of ancient athletics are offered by S. Miller 2006 and Kyle 2015. There is an extensive companion covering Greek athletics, Christesen and Kyle 2014, and Nikephoros, a journal that specializes in ancient sport, provides discussions of many elements of athletics and athletic culture. König 2010 collects some important pieces on the politics of athletics, including Pleket 2010, Kurke 2010, and C. Morgan 2010. Christesen 2007 describes and analyzes the Olympic victor lists, and Christesen 2012 thoroughly dissects the relationship between sport, social status, and democratization. Young 1984 provides a searing critique of earlier scholarship on athletics.

For the politics of epinician specifically, P. Rose 1992 and Kurke 1991 are invaluable for the broader dynamics of the genre. Various studies concentrate on local athletic cultures, including Kowalzig 2007, C. Morgan 2007, Antonaccio 2007, Stamatopoulou 2007, Fearn 2011b, and Nicholson 2016a. For the representation of the specifics of the athletic events in epinician, see Nicholson 2005. For the heroization of athletes, see Currie 2005 and Nicholson 2016a, and for dedications at the Panhellenic sites, Neer 2007.