Pindar: Victory Odes: Olympians 2, 7 and 11; Nemean 4; Isthmians 3, 4 and 7: 347 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) - Softcover

Pindar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521436362 ISBN 13: 9780521436366

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

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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Book 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. In this much-needed commentary Professor Willcock presents seven of the extant odes, progressing by level of difficulty from a short and straightforward poem to one of the greatest and most complex. The introduction pays particular attention to the genre of the victory ode and its conventions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521436362
• ISBN 13: 9780521436366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Willcock Malcolm M.