Pindar. Pythian Odes
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The Pythian Odes of Pindar, an ancient Greek poet of the 5th century BC, are addressed to the winners of the pan-Greek Pythian Games held in the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi.
The book includes a new translation of the Pythian Odes with a parallel Greek text, a detailed commentary supplemented by an index of proper names and ethnonyms, as well as research and auxiliary materials that help to navigate the peculiarities of Pindar's poetics, which predetermined the difficulties of translating his texts, to understand the sacred topography of the odes, their dialectal and metric specifics.
The book is intended both for specialists in the field of classical philology and ancient culture, and for a wide range of readers interested in ancient Greek poetry.
The book includes a new translation of the Pythian Odes with a parallel Greek text, a detailed commentary supplemented by an index of proper names and ethnonyms, as well as research and auxiliary materials that help to navigate the peculiarities of Pindar's poetics, which predetermined the difficulties of translating his texts, to understand the sacred topography of the odes, their dialectal and metric specifics.
The book is intended both for specialists in the field of classical philology and ancient culture, and for a wide range of readers interested in ancient Greek poetry.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Oriental and Classical. X (LXXXI)
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