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1	The Complete Odes more books like this by Pindar, Anthony Verity (Translator), Stephen Instone (Introduction by) '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, wrestling, all-in fighting and the pentathlon, and his Odes are fascinating not only for their ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $4.88! \| SVS
2	Pindar, I, Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes more books like this by William H Race (Editor), Pindar Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (c.519-438 BC) was "by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration" in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him "sure to win Apollo's laurels". The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. Most of the Greek lyric poets come down to us only in bits and ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $23.69! \| SVS
3	Pindar's Victory Songs more books like this by Frank J Nisetich, Pindar see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.12! \| first editions
4	The Odes more books like this by Peter Pindar, Cecil M Bowra (Translator) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
5	Joyce more books like this by Ian Pindar James Joyce (1882-1941) is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. As a young man he rejected his country and its religion, but went on to carefully recreate the Dublin of his youth in his fiction. Ulysses was banned in Britain and the United States, but has since been recognised as a masterpiece that revolutionized the modern novel. ... see all copies from $4.73! new only from $6.95! \| SVS
6	Odes of Pindar more books like this by Pindar see all copies from $1.99! first editions
7	Pindar more books like this by D S Carne-Ross Study of classical Greek poet and the ode form in Western tradition. Assumes no knowledge of specialist literature and includes translations. see all copies from $2.46! new only from $17.23! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The extant odes of Pindar more books like this by Pindar For thee, Agesias, is that praise prepared which justly and openly Adrastos spake of old concerning the seer Amphiaraos the son of Oikleus, when the earth had swallowed him and his shining steeds. For afterward, when on seven pyres dead men were burnt, the son[2] of Talaos spake on this wise: 'I seek the eye of my host, him who was alike a good ... see all copies from $14.39! new only from $14.39! \| SVS
9	Pindar's Homer: The Lyric Possession of an Epic Past more books like this by Gregory Nagy Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. Throughout, he progressively ... see all copies from $24.74! new only from $32.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Pindar more books like this by C Maurice Bowra First published in 1964, this volume remains the standard introduction to Pindar. see all copies from $49.24! new only from $176.47! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Greek Lyric Poetry ' a Commentary on Selected Larger Pieces ' more books like this by G O Hutchinson A comprehensive literary commentary on many of the central pieces of Greek lyric poetry, including works by Alcman, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides, Bacchylides, Pindar, Sophocles, and Euripides. The pieces chosen are usually the longest and best-preserved; a single large poem each is taken from Bacchylides and Pindar; ... see all copies from $70.96! new only from $70.96! \| SVS
12	Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry more books like this by Professor Simon Hornblower Simon Hornblower argues for a relationship between Thucydides and Pindar not so far acknowledged in modern scholarship. He argues that ancient critics were right to detect stylistic similarities between these two great exponents of the 'severe style' in prose and verse. In Part One, he explores the background of epinikian poetry and athletics, the ... see all copies from $44.09! new only from $44.09! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Carmina Cum Fragmentis more books like this by Peter Pindar, C Maurice Bowra (Editor) The series consists of a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the foot of each page. There are now over 100 volumes, representing the greater part of classical Greek and Latin literature. The aim of the series remains that of including the works of all the principal classical authors. Although this has been largely ... see all copies from $23.40! new only from $39.11!
14	Instaurations: Essays in and Out of Literature, Pindar to Pound more books like this by D S Carne-Ross see all copies from $5.11! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar by Abraham Moore (Translator) see all copies from $13.00! new only from $21.73! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Soliciting Darkness: Pindar, Obscurity, and the Classical Tradition more books like this by John T Hamilton Hailed by Horace and Quintilian as the greatest of Greek lyric poets, Pindar has always enjoyed a privileged position in the so-called classical tradition of the West. Given the intense difficulty of the poetry, however, Pindaric interpretation has forever grappled with the perplexing dilemma that one of the most influential poets of antiquity ... see all copies from $10.92! new only from $27.15!
17	The Crown of Song: Metaphor in Pindar more books like this by Deborah Steiner Pindar (c. 518-438 B.C.), one of ancient Greece's most famous lyric poets, is perhaps best known for his victory (epinicean) odes, written to honor the winners at various sets of games, such as the Olympiad. In Crown of Song, Deborah Steiner's study of these odes, she writes "If Pindar is remote from us in genre, his style strikes the reader as ... see all copies from $5.99! first editions
18	Pindar more books like this by Gilbert Norwood see all copies from $3.96! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar (1903) by Pindar, Abraham Moore (Translator) see all copies from $13.86! new only from $20.50! \| SVS
20 view cover	Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals: From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire more books like this by Professor Simon Hornblower (Editor), Catherine Morgan (Editor) Ancient sport made a huge if indirect contribution to the literature of ancient Greece, since some sixty poems by Pindar and Bacchylides ('epinikian odes'), written to commemorate victories, survive from the Classical period. This book is a collection of essays about that literature, and about the social and physical context for which it was ... see all copies from $140.59! new only from $140.59! \| SVS
21	Peter Pindar's Poems more books like this by A. L. Rowse, Peter Pindar, Paul M. Zall see all copies from $2.49! first editions
22	Song and Action: The Victory Odes of Pindar more books like this by Professor Kevin Crotty see all copies from $7.00! first editions
23	Hidden Heritage: Recent Discoveries in Georgia Decorative Art, 1733-1915 more books like this by Pamela Wagner, Mary Carolyn Pindar, High Museum Of Art see all copies from $9.94! new only from $12.30!
24	Pindar: Selected Odes more books like this by Peter Pindar, Stephen Instone (Editor), Holly Bennett (Illustrator) Pindar's Odes, blending beauty of poetic form and profundity of thought, are one of the wonders of Ancient Greece. Composed in the first instance to commemorate athletics victories, they fan out like a peacock's tail to illuminate with brilliant subtlety and imagination the human condition in general, and how our moments of heroic achievement are ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $76.12! \| first editions
25	Pindar: Loeb Classical #56 more books like this by Peter Pindar see all copies from $18.00! new only from $99.00!

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