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Laudatory poetry, Greek --- Athletics --- Games --- Pindar --- Pindarus --- Pindare --- Píndaro --- Pindaros --- Pindaro --- Πίνδαρος

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Presents a collection of essays about the praise ('epinikian') poetry of the classical poets Pindar and Bacchylides. The social and physical, as well as the literary, background to these poems celebrating athletic victory is explored in light of the archaeological and sociological insights.

Laudatory poetry, Greek --- History and criticism. --- Pindar --- Bacchylides --- Bacchylide --- Bakchylides --- Bakchulides --- Pindarus --- Pindare --- Píndaro --- Pindaros --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Vakchylidēs --- Bacchilide --- Bακχυλíδης --- Pindaro --- Πίνδαρος

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A radical new appraisal of the veneration and cult of heroic men, living and dead, in ancient Greece. Bruno Currie finds the roots of the Hellenistic ruler cult, and hence Roman emperor cult, in the 5th century BC (and earlier), and identifies Pindar's victory odes as a crucial stage in this process.

Laudatory poetry, Greek --- Odes, Greek --- Athletics in literature. --- Heroes in literature. --- Games in literature. --- Greek odes --- Greek poetry --- History and criticism. --- Pindar --- Pindarus --- Pindare --- Píndaro --- Pindaros --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Characters --- Heroes. --- Greece --- In literature. --- Pindaro --- Πίνδαρος

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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.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Mythology, Greek, in literature. --- Apollo --- Medea, --- Pindar --- Pindar. --- Pindarus --- Pindare --- Píndaro --- Pindaros --- Μήδεια, --- Mēdeia, --- Apollōn --- Apellōn --- Απολλων --- Απελλων --- Helios --- In literature. --- Knowledge --- Mythology. --- Apollo (Greek deity) in literature --- Medea (Greek mythology) in literature --- Mythology, Greek, in literature --- Pindaro --- Πίνδαρος --- Mythologie grecque dans la littérature --- Apollon (Divinité grecque) dans la littérature --- Médée (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Critique et interprétation --- Mythology --- Pindar - Knowledge - Mythology --- Apollo (Greek deity) in literature.

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Simon Hornblower demonstrates a thematic and literary kinship between Thucydides, one of the greatest of the ancient Greek historians, and Pindar, one of the greatest Greek poets who specialized in celebratory odes for victors in the Olympic Games.

Dichters [Griekse ] --- Poets [Greek ] --- Poètes grecs --- Poètes grecs anciens --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Laudatory poetry, Greek --- Olympic games (Ancient) --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Olympic games (Ancient) in literature. --- Odes, Greek --- Greek language --- Athletes in literature. --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. --- Poésie élogieuse grecque --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité --- Narration --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité dans la littérature --- Odes grecques --- Grec (Langue) --- Sportifs dans la littérature --- Rhétorique ancienne --- History --- History and criticism. --- Style. --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique --- Style --- Thucydides --- Thucydides. --- Pindar --- Literary style. --- Influence. --- Greece --- Grèce --- Historiography. --- Historiographie --- Influence littéraire, artistique, etc. --- Poésie élogieuse grecque --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité --- Jeux olympiques de l'Antiquité dans la littérature --- Sportifs dans la littérature --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Grèce --- Greek poetry --- History and criticism --- Historians --- Ancient rhetoric --- Classical languages --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- Greek odes --- Ancient Olympic games --- Olympics --- Rhetoric --- Pindarus --- Pindare --- Píndaro --- Pindaros --- Thucydide --- Thukydides --- Thoukudides --- Knowledge --- Literature. --- Appreciation --- Pindaro --- Πίνδαρος --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- Tucidide --- Fukidid --- Tucídides --- Thoukydidēs --- תוקידידיס --- Θουκυδίδης