2 Vols The Odes of Pindar in English Prose
Published by Munday and Slatter; G. and W. B. Whittaker, London, 1824
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The first edition of Laurent"s complete prose translation of Pindar"s victory odes, accompanied by Gilbert West"s substantial history of the ancient Olympic Games, complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Front board of volume II almost fully detached, just holding at lower cord. The first edition of Peter Edmund Laurent"s prose translation. Complete in two volumes. The complete English prose translation of Pindar"s surviving victory odes, accompanied by extensive explanatory notes and a substantial historical study of the ancient Olympic Games. The odes celebrate victors at the four great Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian Games. Laurent"s notes explain Pindar"s language, historical allusions, geography and mythology, drawing upon earlier editions and commentaries listed in the preliminary matter. The second volume includes Gilbert West"s Dissertation on the Olympic Games, first published with his own translation of Pindar in 1749. It examines the origins and restoration of the Games, their chronology and administration, events, honours, and importance of the festival. Pindar (c.518-c.438 BCE) was a Theban lyric poet and the foremost surviving composer of Greek victory odes. Forty-five complete odes survive. Peter Edmund Laurent (1796-1837) was a French-born classical scholar, linguist and traveller who taught modern languages at Oxford. An engaging union of classical poetry and sporting history. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards.Externally, worn. Front board of volume II almost fully detached, holding at lower cord only. Lacking spine label of volume II, label of vol I largely perished with loss, closed tearing, and chipping. Loss to backstrips, heavier to spine ends and joints. Hinges strained, but holding. Cracking to extremities of joints. Rubbing to boards with tide marking, damp staining, and the odd handling mark. Small ink annotation to front paste down of vol I. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd light spot, heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Creasing with slight wear to margins of first and final leaves of vol II. Very slight cockling to leaves. Good Only.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- 2 Vols The Odes of Pindar in English Prose
- Author
- Pindar; Gilbert West; [P. E. Laurent]
- Publisher
- Munday and Slatter; G. and W. B. Whittaker, London
- Publication year
- 1824
- Condition
- Good Only
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- None
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
- Dimensions
- 9" by 5.5"
Rooke Books PBFA
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