Abstract: Studies of the representation of place and space in epinician odes have seldom been undertaken and never from an angle that foregrounds the social and cultural importance of the Panhellenic landscapes as motivational factors in the development of epinician discourse. This study examines the representation of the Panhellenic sanctuaries while considering the manner in which Pindar and Bacchylides manipulate the symbolic value of these landscapes and the myth associated with them for the purpose of celebrating the victories of their patrons. Geographic methods and theoretical approaches inform the analysis of sanctuaries and their representations in epinician poetry. Spatial analysis of Pindar and Bacchylides' odes allows us to ascertain the importance of the Panhellenic landscapes and the material world for epinician poetics. This study, moreover, analyzes the importance of the Panhellenic sanctuaries in the construction of extra-regional Greek identity. Pindar and Bacchylides' texts shape Greek identity and frequently appropriate prestige to colonists through connecting epinician patrons to the Panhellenic sanctuaries. The dissertation, furthermore, provides a spatial commentary for references to the Panhellenic sanctuaries in epinician odes. Chapter 1 shows that Pindar manipulated the physical landscape of Olympia as well as its epichoric myth for the purpose of praising his patrons. In the second chapter, narrative vividness and representations of dedication at Delphi are studied to show how symbolic capital accrues to epinician patrons through their diverse connections to Delphi. Turning to consider Isthmia and Nemea in chapter 3, we examine the manipulation of the epichoric myth of these sanctuaries by Pindar and Bacchylides and consider how representations of competition add dramatic vividness to epinician odes. In chapter 4 we scrutinize how Pindar maps Olympia in Olympians 3 and 10 and develops social memory for the site of Olympia. Chapter 5 addresses the importance of the river-god Alpheios and the spring-nymph Kastalia in epinician odes. In appendix 1, a new reading of the phrase koinos logos leads to fresh literary and cultural interpretation of Olympian 10. Appendices 2 and 3 study the toponyms of Olympia and Delphi used in epinician poetry and relate them to their historical context.