Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 186 pages) |
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Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Contents |
Contents; Introduction; Translator's Note; Select Bibliography; Chronology; THE ODES; OLYMPIANS; PYTHIANS; NEMEANS; ISTHMIANS; Explanatory Notes |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiii-xxvii) |
Notes |
Translated from the Ancient Greek |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Subject |
Pindar -- Translations into English
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SUBJECT |
Pindar fast |
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Pindar -- Translations into English. nli |
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Laudatory poetry, Greek -- Translations into English
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Athletics -- Greece -- Poetry
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Games -- Greece -- Poetry
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Athletics
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Games
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Laudatory poetry, Greek
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Griechisch.
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Ode.
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Laudatory poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.
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Athletics -- Greece -- Poetry.
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Games -- Greece -- Poetry.
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Greece
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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poetry.
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Poetry
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Translations
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Ausgabe.
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Poetry.
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Poésie.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Verity, Anthony.
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Instone, Stephen.
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LC no. |
2006039673 |
ISBN |
0191517178 |
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9780191517174 |
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9786611146832 |
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6611146830 |
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1281146838 |
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9781281146830 |
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9780191604737 |
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0191604739 |
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