Pindar: Victory Odes - Olympians 2, 7 and 11; Nemean 4; Isthmians 3, 4 and 7

Zusammenfassung A presentation by Professor Willcock of seven of Pindar's extant poems celebrating the victories of athletes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Greek lyric poetry; 2. Pindar's life and works; 3. The games; 4. The victors; 5. The genre; 6. Pindar's thought; 7. Pindar's style; 8. Pindar's language; 9. Metrical form; 10. The text and scholia; Pindar: Victory Odes: The Eleventh Olympian; The Seventh Isthmian; The Fourth Isthmian; The Third Isthmian; The Fourth Nemean; The Seventh Olympian; The Second Olympian; Commentary; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Pindar , Pindar, Peter Pindar, M. M. Willcock
• Assisted by: Malcolm M. Willcock (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.1995
• EAN: 9780521436366
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43636-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek & Latin Classi
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies