Pindar's Nemeans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pindar's Nemeans write by W. Ben Henry. This book was released on 2012-03-12. Pindar's Nemeans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work provides new editions with introduction and commentary of five odes from Pindar's Nemeans. Three celebrate victories won by Aeginetans at the Nemean games (Nemeans 4, 6, and 8). The remaining two are drawn from the appendix to the book: Nemean 10, for the Argive wrestler Theaeus and his family, including the famous myth of the Dioscuri, and Nemean 11, for the installation of a prytanis on the island of Tenedos. The commentaries elucidate problems of metre, text, and interpretation, and provide up-to-date treatment of the language and subject-matter of the poems.
Pindar
Pindar - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pindar write by Pindar. This book was released on 1830. Pindar available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Complete Odes
The Complete Odes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Complete Odes write by Pindar. This book was released on 2007-07-12. The Complete Odes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. '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. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Pindar: Victory Odes
Pindar: Victory Odes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pindar: Victory Odes write by Pindar. This book was released on 1995-04-06. Pindar: Victory Odes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
A Commentary on Pindar, Nemean Nine
A Commentary on Pindar, Nemean Nine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Commentary on Pindar, Nemean Nine write by Bruce Karl Braswell. This book was released on 2020-09-23. A Commentary on Pindar, Nemean Nine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The series publishes important new editions of and commentaries on texts from Greco-Roman antiquity, especially annotated editions of texts surviving only in fragments. Due to its programmatically wide range the series provides an essential basis for the study of ancient literature.
