The odes of Pindar
Pindar
The odes of Pindar - Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin c1969 - 256p.; - (Penguin classics) .
Translated, with an introduction, by C.M. Bowra.
Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar (518-438 B.C.) 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 teh 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 succesful athlete transformed and transfigured by the power of the gods.'
Paperback
014044209X
73417474
Pindar
Laudatory poetry, Greek
Olympic games (Ancient)
Athletics
Mythology, Greek
Games
PA4275.E5 B6
The odes of Pindar - Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin c1969 - 256p.; - (Penguin classics) .
Translated, with an introduction, by C.M. Bowra.
Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar (518-438 B.C.) 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 teh 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 succesful athlete transformed and transfigured by the power of the gods.'
Paperback
014044209X
73417474
Pindar
Laudatory poetry, Greek
Olympic games (Ancient)
Athletics
Mythology, Greek
Games
PA4275.E5 B6