Pindar PindarPevná vazba
Pindar PindarPevná vazba Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. 518-438 BCE) was by far the greatest…
Specifikacia Pindar PindarPevná vazba
Pindar PindarPevná vazba
Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. 518-438 BCE) was by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him sure to win Apollo's laurels.
William H. Most of the Greek lyric poets come down to us only in bits and pieces, but nearly a quarter of Pindar's poems survive complete. Race now brings us, in two volumes, a new edition and translation of the four books of victory odes, along with surviving fragments of Pindar's other poems.Like Simonides and Bacchylides, Pindar wrote elaborate odes in honor of prize-winning athletes for public performance by singers, dancers, and musicians.
His forty-five victory odes celebrate triumphs in athletic contests at the four great Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean,