Odes for Victorious Athletes

by Pindar and Anne Pippin Burnett

Book Overview

You've just won the gold medal, what are you going to do? In Ancient Greece, your patron could throw a feast in your honor and have a poet write a hymn of praise to you. The great poet Pindar composed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801895758
• ISBN13: 9780801895753
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary