The complete odes /

Pindar.

The complete odes / Pindar ; translated by Anthony Verity ; with an introduction and notes by Stephen Instone. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (xxvii, 186 pages). - Oxford world's classics . - Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiii-xxvii).

Contents; Introduction; Translator's Note; Select Bibliography; Chronology; THE ODES; OLYMPIANS; PYTHIANS; NEMEANS; ISTHMIANS; Explanatory Notes.

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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, wres.


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Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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Pindar--Translations into English.
Pindar.


Laudatory poetry, Greek--Translations into English.
Athletics--Greece--Poetry.
Games--Greece--Poetry.
Sports athlétiques--Grèce--Poésie.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Ancient & Classical.
Athletics.
Games.
Laudatory poetry, Greek.


Greece.


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