Author: PindarPublisher:
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Category : Athletics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pindar: Nemean odes. Isthmian odes. Fragments. Appendix: genealogies. Index. Maps
Author: PindarPindar: Nemean odes, Isthmian odes, fragments
Author: PindarPindar
Author: PindarPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674995642
Category : Athletics
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Pindar (c. 518-438 BCE), highly esteemed as lyric poet by the ancients, commemorates in complex verse the achievements of athletes and powerful rulers at the four great Panhellenic festivals, Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games, against a backdrop of divine favor, human failure, heroic legend, and aristocratic Greek ethos. Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was "by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration" in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him "sure to win Apollo's laurels." The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. Most of the Greek lyric poets come down to us only in bits and pieces, but nearly a quarter of Pindar's poems survive complete. William H. Race now brings us, in two volumes, a new edition and translation of the four books of victory odes, along with surviving fragments of Pindar's other poems. Like Simonides and Bacchylides, Pindar wrote elaborate odes in honor of prize-winning athletes for public performance by singers, dancers, and musicians. His forty-five victory odes celebrate triumphs in athletic contests at the four great Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean, and Isthmian games. In these complex poems, Pindar commemorates the achievement of athletes and powerful rulers against the backdrop of divine favor, human failure, heroic legend, and the moral ideals of aristocratic Greek society. Readers have long savored them for their rich poetic language and imagery, moral maxims, and vivid portrayals of sacred myths. Race provides brief introductions to each ode and full explanatory footnotes, offering the reader invaluable guidance to these often difficult poems. His new Loeb Pindar also contains a helpfully annotated edition and translation of significant fragments, including hymns, paeans, dithyrambs, maiden songs, and dirges.
Pindar: the Nemean and Isthmian odes
Author: PindarPindar
Author: PindarPindar: Nemean and Isthmian Odes
Author: PindarPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108030033
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
First published in 1883 and revised in 1899, this edition is full of practical help for understanding the texts.
Pindar
Author: PindarPindar
Author: PindarPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290573153
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Pindar
Author: Pindar