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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.

ISBN-13

9780521436366

ISBN-10

0521436362

Weight

0.49 Pounds

Dimensions

5.00 x 0.44 x 8.00 In

List Price

$42.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

192 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

1995-04-06



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