Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) |
Series |
Mnemosyne bibliotheca classica Batava, 0169-8958 ; volume 285 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 285.
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Contents |
Gnomai as a source of cosmological reflection -- The nature of gnomai according to modern scholarship -- Ancient thinking on gnomai -- The "true point" of gnomai -- The gnomic expression of cosmology in Pindar -- Definitions and assumptions -- The elemental forces : fate, God, nature and man -- The human condition -- Man in society -- Cosmology in action : an analysis of selected odes -- Olympian 12 : an immigrant and his adopted city -- Isthmian 4 : creating for an ill-favoured victor -- Olympian 13 : praising an ambitious family -- The poet as mediator of cosmology -- Isthmian 4 : the poet modifies a cosmological premise -- Olympian 13 : the poet demonstrates cosmological principles -- Cosmology and the poet in short odes -- Olympian 9 and Nemean 3 : the poet assumes different attitudes to a central cosmological tenet |
Summary |
Investigates the cosmological context of Pindar's odes, and how it influences his presentation of praise. This work gives an overview of cosmological ideas based on gnomai which is complemented by detailed literary analyses |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and indexes |
Notes |
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 |
880-01 Pindar -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
880-01/(S Πίνδαρος, 5ος/6ος αι. π.Χ -- Κριτική και ερμηνεία |
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Pindar fast |
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Pindar; Epinikia. idszbz |
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PÍndaro, approximately 518-438 A. C. larpcal |
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Pindaros, approximately 518-approximately 438 f.Kr -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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Pindarus. swd |
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Carmina. swd |
Subject |
Cosmology, Ancient, in literature.
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Praise in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Cosmology, Ancient, in literature
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Praise in literature
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Kosmologie
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Sentenz
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Literatura grega clássica.
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Poesia lírica.
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Kosmologi i litteraturen.
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Grekiska poeter -- antiken.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789047422822 |
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9047422821 |
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1281921777 |
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9781281921772 |
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9786611921774 |
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661192177X |
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