The odes of Pindar
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The odes of Pindar
(Penguin classics, L209)
Penguin, 1969
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Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar 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 the 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 successful athlete transformed and transfigured by the power of the gods.
Table of Contents
The OdesPreface
Introduction
Main Events in the Games
Pythian X
Pythian VI
Pythian XII
Olympian XIV
Pythian VII
Nemean II
Nemean V
Isthmian VI
Isthmian V
Isthmian VIII
Isthmians III-IV
Olympian XI
Olympian I
Nemean I
Olympian III
Olympian II
Pythian IX
Pythian III
Nemean III
Olympian X
Nemean IV
Nemean IX
Olympian VI
Olympian XII
Pythian I
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