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Pindar's 'Olympian One' : A Commentary / Douglas E. Gerber.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: HeritagePublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1982]Copyright date: ©1982Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781487595777
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 884.01 19
LOC classification:
  • PA4274.O5 .G473 1982
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Summary: Drawing on an extensive knowledge of the critical history of Olympian One, Professor Gerber here presents a thorough analysis of the language thought, myth, structure, and poetic technique of Pindar's most famous ode. He deals with virtually every word in the poem, elucidating disputed passages, defining Pindar's use of imagery and myth and his structural techniques, and revealing the significance of his statements about the gods, the victor, and his own poetic practice. In doing so he makes a major contribution to Pindaric studies, aiding an understanding of this ode in particular, and of the poet's other works in general.
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Drawing on an extensive knowledge of the critical history of Olympian One, Professor Gerber here presents a thorough analysis of the language thought, myth, structure, and poetic technique of Pindar's most famous ode. He deals with virtually every word in the poem, elucidating disputed passages, defining Pindar's use of imagery and myth and his structural techniques, and revealing the significance of his statements about the gods, the victor, and his own poetic practice. In doing so he makes a major contribution to Pindaric studies, aiding an understanding of this ode in particular, and of the poet's other works in general.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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