The odes /
Pindar was one of the most famous ancient Greek lyric poets, and perhaps the best known of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece. He was regarded in antiquity as the greatest of Greek poets and the esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preser...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the ancient Greek. |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Pindar was one of the most famous ancient Greek lyric poets, and perhaps the best known of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece. He was regarded in antiquity as the greatest of Greek poets and the esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved (most of the other Greek lyric poems come down to us only in fragments, but nearly a quarter of all Pindar's poems survive complete). He is particularly known for his epinicia (or victory odes) in honor of notable personages and winners of athletic games. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 360 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780520299986 0520299981 9780520300002 0520300009 |