Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Author
- Anne Pippin Burnett
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Criticism & Theory
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780199277940
- ISBN-10
- 019927794X
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina
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ISBN: 019927794X
Author: Burnett, Anne Pippin
Condition: New
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 the parallel "narrative" sections of the odes. The overall concern is with Pindaric techniques for unifying an audience and leading it into a shared experience of inspired success, but there is also a concern with the realities of athletic contest and its celebration.
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