| Description |
256 pages ; 19 cm |
| Series |
Penguin classics L209 |
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Penguin classics.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: The Odes Preface -- 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 |
| Summary |
The odes of Pindar (518-438 B.C.), the most renowned of the ancient Greek poets, were choral songs extolling victories at the Games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, and Corinth, that covered the specturm of Greek mythological and moral belief |
| Analysis |
Games - Greece Poetry |
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Laudatory poetry, Greek - Translations into English |
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Olympic games (Ancient) Poetry |
| Notes |
(Penguin classics ; L209) |
| Subject |
Pindar -- Translations into English.
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Pindar.
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Athletics -- Greece -- Poetry.
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Greek poetry.
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Games -- Greece -- Poetry.
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Laudatory poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.
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Laudatory poetry, Greek.
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Mythology, Greek -- Poetry.
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Olympic games (Ancient) -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Author |
Bowra, C. M. (Cecil Maurice), 1898-1971.
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| LC no. |
73417474 |
| ISBN |
014044209X |
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