Thucydides and Pindar : historical narrative and the world of Epinikian poetry /

This book discusses a relationship between Thucydides and Pindar not so far acknowledged in modern scholarship. It argues that ancient critics were right to detect stylistic similarities between these two great exponents of the ‘severe style' in prose and verse. In Part One the book explores th...

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Main Author:	Hornblower, Simon
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:	Oxford scholarship online. Oxford scholarship online. Classical Studies module.
Subjects:	Thucydides > Literary style. Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides > Knowledge > Literature. Pindar > Appreciation > Greece. Pindar > Influence. Thucydide > Style. Thucydide. > Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse. Thucydide > Et la littérature. Pindare > Appréciation > Grèce. Pindare > Influence. Pindar Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides) Pindar. Thukydides. Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. > Historiography. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > To 1500. Laudatory poetry, Greek > History and criticism. Olympic games (Ancient) > Historiography. Narration (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500. Olympic games (Ancient) in literature. Odes, Greek > History and criticism. Greek language > Style. Athletes in literature. Rhetoric, Ancient. Odes > History and criticism. Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500. Poésie élogieuse grecque > Histoire et critique. Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité > Historiographie. Narration > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500. Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité dans la littérature. Odes > Histoire et critique. Grec (Langue) > Stylistique. Sportifs dans la littérature. Rhétorique ancienne. Grèce > Histoire > 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse) > Historiographie. Odes grecques > Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Odes Literature Art appreciation Athletes in literature Greek language > Style Historiography Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Laudatory poetry, Greek Literary style Narration (Rhetoric) Odes, Greek Olympic games (Ancient) in literature Rhetoric, Ancient Greece Gedichten. Didactisch proza. Grieks. Griekse oudheid. Wereldbeeld. Historiae (Thucydides) Rezeption. To 1500 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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by Hornblower, Simon
Published 2004

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