The Complete Odes

The Complete Odes
Title The Complete Odes PDF eBook
Author Pindar
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 216
Release 2007-07-12
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0192805533

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The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths and are also a valuable source for Greek religion and ethics. Verity's lucid translations are complemented by insights into competition, myth, and meaning. - ;'we can speak of no greater contest than Olympia' The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races, horse races, boxing, wrestling, all-in fighting and the pentathlon, and his Odes are fascinating not only for their poetic qualities, but for what they tell us about the Games. Pindar praises the victor by comparing him to mythical heroes and the gods, but also reminds the athlete of his human limitations. The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths, such as Jason and the Argonauts, and Perseus and Medusa, and are a valuable source for Greek religion and ethics. Pindar's startling use of language - striking metaphors, bold syntax, enigmatic expressions - makes reading his poetry a uniquely rewarding experience. Anthony Verity's lucid translations are complemented by an introduction and notes that provide insight into competition, myth, and meaning. -

Pindar's Victory Songs

Pindar's Victory Songs
Title Pindar's Victory Songs PDF eBook
Author Pindar
Publisher
Pages 392
Release 1980-06
Genre History
ISBN

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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.

The Value Of Victory In Pindars Odes

The Value Of Victory In Pindars Odes
Title The Value Of Victory In Pindars Odes PDF eBook
Author Hanna Boeke
Publisher BRILL
Pages 241
Release 2007
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9004158480

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This book investigates the cosmological context of Pindar's odes, and how it influences his presentation of praise. An overview of cosmological ideas based on gnomai is complemented by detailed literary analyses showing that these ideas are modified according to a victor's circumstances.

Pindar's Odes

Pindar's Odes
Title Pindar's Odes PDF eBook
Author Pindar
Publisher Bobbs-Merrill Company
Pages 420
Release 1974
Genre Poetry
ISBN 9780672515439

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The Odes

The Odes
Title The Odes PDF eBook
Author Pindar
Publisher University of California Press
Pages 376
Release 2019-09-24
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0520300009

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One of the most celebrated poets of the classical world, Pindar wrote odes for athletes that provide a unique perspective on the social and political life of ancient Greece. Commissioned in honor of successful contestants at the Olympic games and other Panhellenic contests, these odes were performed in the victors’ hometowns and conferred enduring recognition on their achievements. Andrew M. Miller’s superb new translation captures the beauty of Pindar’s forty-five surviving victory odes, preserving the rhythm, elegance, and imagery for which they have been admired since antiquity while adhering closely to the meaning of the original Greek. This edition provides a comprehensive introduction and interpretive notes to guide readers through the intricacies of the poems and the worldview that they embody.

Pindar

Pindar
Title Pindar PDF eBook
Author D. S. Carne-Ross
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 220
Release 1985-01-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780300033939

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Study of classical Greek poet and the ode form in Western tradition. Assumes no knowledge of specialist literature and includes translations.

Three Aeginetan Odes of Pindar

Three Aeginetan Odes of Pindar
Title Three Aeginetan Odes of Pindar PDF eBook
Author Pfeijffer
Publisher BRILL
Pages 735
Release 2018-07-17
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9004351248

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A study of three epinicia of Pindar, which have in common that they celebrate victories of Aeginetan athletes and that they respond to the contemporary political situation in Aegina and to circumstances of the victory. The primary objective of this book is to provide an interpretation of each of the three odes as meaningful, coherent works of the literary art. For each ode, it provides a commentary in which problems of text and interpretation are discussed in detail, a structural and metrical analysis, and an interpretative essay, in which the observations of detail are brought together in order to provide an answer to the question as to how the ode at hand could have functioned as a coherent, meaningful epinicion. The introduction addresses questions of method and provides a description of Pindar's style.