The Odes of Pindar

Cecil Bowra (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1982
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-044209-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar was a controversial figure in fifth-century Greece - a conservative Boiotian aristocrat who studied in Athens and a writer on physical prowess whose interest in the Games was largely philosophical. Pindar's Epinician Odes - choral songs extolling victories in the Games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and Korinth - cover the whole spectrum of the Greek moral order, from earthly competition to fate and mythology. But in C. M. Bowra's clear translation his one central image stands out - the successful athlete transformed and transfigured by the power of the gods.

Inhalt

The OdesPreface
Introduction
Main Events in the Games
Pythian X
Pythian VI
Pythian XII
Olympian XIV
Pythian VII
Nemean II
Nemean V
Isthmian VI
Isthmian V
Isthmian VIII
Isthmians III-IV
Olympian XI
Olympian I
Nemean I
Olympian III
Olympian II
Pythian IX
Pythian III
Nemean III
Olympian X
Nemean IV
Nemean IX
Olympian VI
Olympian XII
Pythian I

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 129 x 198 mm
• Gewicht: 200 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: Classics S.
• ISBN-10: 0-14-044209-X / 014044209X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044209-0 / 9780140442090
• Zustand: Neuware