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1	The Complete Odes more books like this by Pindar, Anthony Verity (Translator), Stephen Instone (Introduction by) add to wishlist '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 $2.50! new only from $2.82! \| SVS
2	Pindar, I, Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes more books like this by William H Race (Editor), Pindar add to wishlist 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 $17.33! new only from $23.49!
3	Pindar more books like this by C Maurice Bowra add to wishlist First published in 1964, this volume remains the standard introduction to Pindar. see all copies from $54.00! new only from $191.72! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Odes, Pindar & Selected Fragments more books like this by Richard Pindar add to wishlist This highly acclaimed translation of Pindar's odes is by G S Conway, who is a highly distinguished classical scholar. The religious poems and fragments have been newly translated by Richard Stoneman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.83!
5	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) add to wishlist 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 $124.93! new only from $171.78! \| SVS
6	Pindar more books like this by Gilbert Norwood add to wishlist see all copies from $3.75! signed copies \| first editions
7	Style and Rhetoric in Pindar's Odes more books like this by William H. Race add to wishlist see all copies from $26.96! new only from $31.30! \| SVS
8	Selected odes. more books like this by Pindar, Carl A. P. Ruck, William H. Matheson add to wishlist see all copies from $5.88! first editions \| SVS
9	Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre more books like this by Ian Rutherford, Pindar add to wishlist The paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's paeans, which became known to scholars in this century thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragments, some published as recently as 1989. Long overdue, this book offers the ... see all copies from $216.45! new only from $216.45! \| SVS
10	Pindar and the Cult of Heroes more books like this by Bruno Currie add to wishlist "Pindar and the Cult of Heroes" combines a study of Greek culture and religion (hero cult) with a literary-critical study of Pindar's epinician poetry. It looks at hero cult generally, but focuses especially on heroization in the 5th century BC. There are individual chapters on the heroization of war dead, of athletes, and on the religious ... see all copies from $153.80! new only from $153.80!
11	Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina more books like this by Anne Pippin Burnett add to wishlist This book consists of individual studies of Pindar's eleven odes for Aiginetan victors, preceded by a brief survey of the history of the island and the nature of its aristocracy. Anne Pippin Burnett's discussion is particularly attentive to questions of mythic self-presentation, as exemplified in the pedimental sculptures of the Aphaia Temple and ... see all copies from $121.54! new only from $121.54!
12	The Victory Ode: An Introduction more books like this by Professor Mary Lefkowitz add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13	Pindar and Homer more books like this by Frank J Nisetich add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00!
14	Peter Pindar (John Wolcot), more books like this by Robert L Vales add to wishlist see all copies from $3.05!
15	Studia Pindarica more books like this by Elroy L Bundy add to wishlist see all copies from $50.00!
16 view cover	Odes of Pindar more books like this by Pindar add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.83! \| first editions
17 view cover	Choreia: Pindar and Dance more books like this by William Mullen add to wishlist see all copies from $29.54! first editions
18 view cover	Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna more books like this by Professor Charles Segal add to wishlist In this landmark collection of essays, renowned classicist Charles Segal offers detailed analyses of major texts from archaic and early classical Greek poetry - in particular, works of Alcman, Mimnermus, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna. Segal provides close readings of the texts, and then studies the literary form and language of early ... see all copies from $54.71! new only from $54.71!
19	"Phthonos" in Pindar more books like this by Patricia Bulman add to wishlist see all copies from $17.49! first editions
20 view cover	Pindar's Mythmaking: The Fourth Pythian Ode more books like this by Charles Segal add to wishlist Combining historical and philological method with contemporary literary analysis, this study of Pindar's longest and most elaborate victory ode, the Fourth Pythian, traces the underlying mythical patterns, implicit poetics, and processes of mythopoesis that animate his poetry. see all copies from $68.24! signed copies
21	Pindar more books like this by William H. Race add to wishlist see all copies from $19.95!
22 view cover	Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna more books like this by Professor Charles Segal add to wishlist 87.00 see all copies from $69.00!
23	Pindar's Odes more books like this by Roy A. Swanson (Translator), Peter Pindar add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95!
24	The Traffic in Praise more books like this by Leslie Kurke add to wishlist Commissioned to celebrate athletic victories in the first half of the fifth century B.C., Pindar's odes have continued to resist interpretation by modern readers. In The Traffic in Praise, Leslie Kurke offers an engaging new reading of the odes within their rich social context and poetic tradition. see all copies from $60.50!
25	A Commentary on the Fourth Pythian Ode of Pindar more books like this by Bruce K Braswell add to wishlist see all copies from $797.41! new only from $797.41!

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