Pindar''s Paeans - A Reading of the Fragments With a Survey of the Genre

Zusatztext Pindar's Paeans is the most concentrated investigation (of these papyri) yet undertaken ... Rutherford's book uses first-rate scholarship to deal with difficult fragments in a way that allows broader conclusions (not least about the roles of lyric poetry in Greek culture) to emerge from the patient sifting of details. It is a fine achievement Klappentext The paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's paeans. These became known to twentieth century scholars thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragments; this book offers the first comprehensive re-evaluation of the poems. It includes the Greek text and translation of all the paeans of Pindar with a supplement comprising fragments from poems of uncertain genres. Ian Rutherford accompanies each fragment with an interpretation regarding issues of religion, performance, and genre. Zusammenfassung This is a scholarly edition of the paeans, or sacred hymns to Apollo, written by the famous classical poet Pindar. They are the most celebrated examples of a genre which once held a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece - a unique and haunting legacy of both early classical poetry and ancient religion.

Product details

• Authors: Pindar , Pindar Rutherford , Pindar, Ian Rutherford, Ian (Reader in Greek and Head of Depar Rutherford, Rutherford Ian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1998
• EAN: 9780198143819
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814381-9
• No. of pages: 564
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets