Bibliograph

Pindar's Victory songs, translation, introduction, prefaces, Frank J. Nisetich

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Label

Pindar's Victory songs, translation, introduction, prefaces, Frank J. Nisetich

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-360) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pindar's Victory songs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

5800480

Responsibility statement

translation, introduction, prefaces, Frank J. Nisetich

Summary

Pindar's victory odes, written in the fifth century B.C. to commemorate the heroes of the athletic games, are some of the most powerful and intricte works of ancient Greek poetry -- and perhaps the most difficult to translate well

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Hugh Lloyd-Jones -- Preface -- Introduction : Historical background ; Pindar's victory songs ; The translation -- The Olympian odes -- The Pythian odes -- The Nemean odes -- The Isthmian odes -- Appendixes : The dating of Pindar's odes ; Geographical distribution of Pindar's odes ; Myths in the odes of Pindar ; Variant readings ; Athletic contests

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