The complete odes / Pindar ; translated by Anthony Verity ; with an introduction and notes by Stephen Instone.

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Pindar

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 186 pages)Content type:

text

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0191517178
9780191517174
9786611146832
6611146830
1281146838
9781281146830
9780191604737
0191604739

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Works. English. 2007

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Complete odes.DDC classification:

885/.0109 22

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PA4275.E5 P3 2007eb

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

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Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiii-xxvii).

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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

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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