| Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre Contributor(s): Rutherford, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198143818 ISBN-13: 9780198143819 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $370.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2001 Annotation: The paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's paeans. These became known to twentieth century scholars thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragments; this book offers the first comprehensive re-evaluation of the poems. It includes the Greek text and translation of all the paeans of Pindar with a supplement comprising fragments from poems of uncertain genres. Ian Rutherford accompanies each fragment with an interpretation regarding issues of religion, performance, and genre. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 884.01 |
| LCCN: 2001021599 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (1.64 lbs) 564 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's paeans. These became known to twentieth century scholars thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragments; this book offers the first comprehensive re-evaluation of the poems. It includes the Greek text and translation of all the paeans of Pindar with a supplement comprising fragments from poems of uncertain genres. Ian Rutherford accompanies each fragment with an interpretation regarding issues of religion, performance, and genre. |