Pindar: Victory Odes : Olympians 2, 7 and 11; Nemean 4; Isthmians 3, 4 and 7 Isthmians 3, 4 & 7 Hardback
by Pindar
Edited by M.M. Willcock
Part of the Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics series
Hardback
Description
The Greek lyric poet Pindar is renowned for his poems celebrating the victories of athletes in the great games of Greece at Olympia, Delphi (the Pythian Games), Corinth (the Isthmian Games) and Nemea.
Pindar's victory odes have the reputation of being complex and allusive in their language and reference.
In this much-needed commentary on seven of the extant odes, Professor Willcock aims to open up Pindar's poetry to a wider readership by starting with a short and straightforward poem and progressing by level of difficulty to one of the greatest.
The book begins with an introduction which includes sections on Pindar's life and on his thought, language and style, but which pays particular attention to the genre of the victory ode and its conventions.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:189 pages, appendices, bibliography, indexes
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/1995
- ISBN:9780521430555
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:189 pages, appendices, bibliography, indexes
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/1995
- ISBN:9780521430555
