Pindar Victory Odes

Author : Pindar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521436362

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Pindar: Victory Odes by Pindar Pdf

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.

Author : Pindar,Frank Nisetich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1980-06
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066050504

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Pindar's Victory Songs by Pindar,Frank Nisetich Pdf

Pindar's victory odes, written in the fifth century B.C. to commemorate the heroes of the athletic games, are some of the most powerful and intricte works of ancient Greek poetry -- and perhaps the most difficult to translate well.

Author : Hanna Boeke
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789047422822

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The Value of Victory in Pindar's Odes by Hanna Boeke Pdf

This book investigates the cosmological context of Pindar’s odes, and how it influences his presentation of praise. An overview of cosmological ideas based on gnomai is complemented by detailed literary analyses showing that these ideas are modified according to a victor’s circumstances.

Author : Pindar
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192805539

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The Complete Odes by Pindar Pdf

The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths and are also a valuable source for Greek religion and ethics. Verity's lucid translations are complemented by insights into competition, myth, and meaning. - ;'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. -

Author : Pindar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Apollo (Greek deity) in literature
ISBN : UOM:39015012281625

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Pythian Odes by Pindar Pdf

Author : Pindar
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801899171

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Odes for Victorious Athletes by Pindar Pdf

You've just won the gold medal, what are you going to do? In Ancient Greece, your patron could throw a feast in your honor and have a poet write a hymn of praise to you. The great poet Pindar composed many such odes for victorious athletes. Esteemed classicist Anne Pippin Burnett presents a fresh and exuberant translation of Pindar's victory songs. The typical Pindaric ode reflects three separate moments: the instant of success in contest, the victory night with its disorderly revels, and the actual banquet of family and friends where the commissioned poem is being offered as entertainment. In their essential effect, these songs transform a physical triumph, as experienced by one man, into a sense of elation shared by his peers—men who have gathered to dine and to drink. Athletic odes were presented by small bands of dancing singers, influencing the audience with music and dance as well as by words. These translations respect the form of the originals, keeping the stanzas that shaped repeating melodies and danced figures and using rhythms meant to suggest performers in motion. Pindar's songs were meant to entertain and exalt groups of drinking men. These translations revive the confident excitement of their original performances.

Author : Pindar
Publisher : Bobbs-Merrill Company
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0672515431

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Pindar's Odes by Pindar Pdf

Author : Peter Agócs,Chris Carey,Richard Rawles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107007871

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Reading the Victory Ode by Peter Agócs,Chris Carey,Richard Rawles Pdf

A collection of papers by international experts on one of the most paradoxical and influential poetic genres of classical antiquity.

Author : Pindar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Athletics
ISBN : NYPL:33433082192653

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Pindar by Pindar Pdf

Author : Kevin Crotty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4927610

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Song and Action by Kevin Crotty Pdf

Author : Pindar
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780520300002

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The Odes by Pindar Pdf

One of the most celebrated poets of the classical world, Pindar wrote odes for athletes that provide a unique perspective on the social and political life of ancient Greece. Commissioned in honor of successful contestants at the Olympic games and other Panhellenic contests, these odes were performed in the victors’ hometowns and conferred enduring recognition on their achievements. Andrew M. Miller’s superb new translation captures the beauty of Pindar’s forty-five surviving victory odes, preserving the rhythm, elegance, and imagery for which they have been admired since antiquity while adhering closely to the meaning of the original Greek. This edition provides a comprehensive introduction and interpretive notes to guide readers through the intricacies of the poems and the worldview that they embody.

Author : Charles Segal
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400853106

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Pindar's Mythmaking by Charles Segal Pdf

Combining historical and philological method with contemporary literary analysis, this study of Pindar's longest and most elaborate victory ode, the Fourth Pythian, traces the underlying mythical patterns, implicit poetics, and processes of mythopoesis that animate his poetry. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Bruno Currie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191615160

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Pindar and the Cult of Heroes by Bruno Currie Pdf

Pindar and the Cult of Heroes combines a study of Greek culture and religion (hero cult) with a literary-critical study of Pindar's epinician poetry. It looks at hero cult generally, but focuses especially on heroization in the 5th century BC. There are individual chapters on the heroization of war dead, of athletes, and on the religious treatment of the living in the 5th century. Hero cult, Bruno Currie argues, could be anticipated, in different ways, in a person's lifetime. Epinician poetry too should be interpreted in the light of this cultural context; fundamentally, this genre explores the patron's religious status. The book features extensive studies of Pindar's Pythians 2, 3, 5, Isthmian 7, and Nemean 7.

Author : D. S. Carne-Ross
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300033931

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Pindar by D. S. Carne-Ross Pdf

Study of classical Greek poet and the ode form in Western tradition. Assumes no knowledge of specialist literature and includes translations.

Author : Pindar,Gilbert West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1375499408

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Odes of Pindar: Odes of Pindar by Pindar,Gilbert West Pdf