The Odes of Pindar (Penguin Classics) [Paperback] [Sep 30, 1982] Bowra, Cecil

Pindar; C. M. Bowra (translator)

ISBN 10: 014044209X / ISBN 13: 9780140442090

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1982

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Used, some outer edges have scuffs, cover has light scratches, outer pages have gone Brown, book content is in good readable condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Odes of Pindar (Penguin Classics) [Paperback] [Sep 30, 1982] Bowra, Cecil
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014044209X
• ISBN 13: 9780140442090
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

'What Pindar catches is the joy beyond ordinary emotions as it transcends and transforms them' —C. M. Bowra

Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar (518-438 B.C.) was a controversial figure in fifth-century Greece—a conservative Boiotian aristocrat who studied in Athens and a writer on physical prowess whose interest in the Games was largely philosophical. Pindar's Epinician Odes—choral songs extolling victories in the Games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and Korinth—cover the whole spectrum of the Greek moral order, from earthly competition to fate and mythology. But in C. M. Bowra's clear translation his one central image stands out—the successful athlete transformed and transfigured by the power of the gods.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

From the Back Cover

Arguably the greatest /Greek lyric poet, Pindar (518-438 B. C.) was a controversial figure in fifth-century Greece-a conservative Boiotian aristocrat who studied in Athens and a writer on physical prowess whose interest in the Games was largely philosophical. Pindar's Epinician Odes-choral songs extolling victories in the Games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and Korinth cover the whole spectrum of the Greek moral order, from earthly competition to fate and mythology.