Pindar's Odes

Pindar's Odes
Author: Pindar
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1974
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780672515439

Pindar’s ›First Pythian Ode‹

Pindar’s ›First Pythian Ode‹
Author: Almut Fries
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2023-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 3111129578

This is the first large-scale edition with introduction and commentary of Pindar’s First Pythian Ode. Composed for Hieron of Syracuse to mark his Delphic chariot victory of 470 BC and his recent foundation of the city of Aetna, the poem is not only a literary masterpiece, but also of central importance for our understanding of Greek history and culture in the early fifth century BC. As our only contemporary written source for the Sicilian Wars against the Carthaginians and Etruscans, it stands on a level with Simonides’ Plataea Elegy and Aeschylus’ Persians on the Persian Wars. This is a period where epoch-making Greek victories in the east and west were celebrated by the greatest poets in a way that reveals much about the atmosphere in which their works were created and received. The book offers a new edition of the text with a detailed introduction and commentary, which discuss textual problems, language, metre and transmission as well as a variety of literary questions, the historical background and the early performance and reception history of the ode. It will be of interest to scholars and students of archaic and classical Greek poetry and of Greek history of the early fifth century BC.

The Complete Odes

The Complete Odes
Author: Pindar
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007-07-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0192805533

The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths and are also a valuable source for Greek religion and ethics. Verity's lucid translations are complemented by insights into competition, myth, and meaning. - ;'we can speak of no greater contest than Olympia' The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races, horse races, boxing, wrestling, all-in fighting and the pentathlon, and his Odes are fascinating not only for their poetic qualities, but for what they tell us about the Games. Pindar praises the victor by comparing him to mythical heroes and the gods, but also reminds the athlete of his human limitations. The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths, such as Jason and the Argonauts, and Perseus and Medusa, and are a valuable source for Greek religion and ethics. Pindar's startling use of language - striking metaphors, bold syntax, enigmatic expressions - makes reading his poetry a uniquely rewarding experience. Anthony Verity's lucid translations are complemented by an introduction and notes that provide insight into competition, myth, and meaning. -

Pindar's Poetics of Immortality

Pindar's Poetics of Immortality
Author: Asya C. Sigelman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2016-07-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 110713501X

Offers a new approach to Pindar's victory odes by focusing on their poetic aim of immortalization.

Pindar. the Olympian and Pythian Odes

Pindar. the Olympian and Pythian Odes
Author: Pindar Pindar
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2018-11-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780353009011

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Pindar

Pindar
Author: Pindar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1864
Genre: Greek poetry
ISBN:

The Odes of Pindar

The Odes of Pindar
Author: Pindar
Publisher: London : W. Heineman ; New York : Macmillan
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1915
Genre: Athletes
ISBN:

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes
Author: Bruno Currie
Publisher: Oxford Classical Monographs
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780199277247

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes takes a radical new look at the veneration and cult of heroic men, living and dead, in ancient Greece. Bruno Currie finds the roots of the Hellenistic ruler cult, and hence Roman emperor cult, in the 5th century BC (and earlier). Pindar's victory odes represent a crucial stage in this process. Currie also offers a major re-evaluation of the epinician genre and extensive studies of five of Pindar's odes.