Related Books
Language: en
Pages: 280
Pages: 280
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
Wells argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appe
Language: en
Pages: 385
Pages: 385
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
For much of Western history, Pindar's work was recognized as the pinnacle of lyric poetry. This book presents an introduction to different aspects of Pindar's a
Language: en
Pages: 341
Pages: 341
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pindar's Library is the first volume to analyse the role played by Pindar's literary, cultic, and scholarly reception in affecting readers' engagement with his
Language: en
Pages: 282
Pages: 282
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-04-15 - Publisher: BRILL
Pindar’s Pythian Twelve is the only choral lyric epinicion in our possession composed for the winner of a non-athletic competition. Often regarded as an ode o
Language: en
Pages: 211
Pages: 211
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-19 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Modern scholarship tends to focus on the social, political and economic information that can be gleaned from Pindar's treatment of the subject of his victory od