Pindar

by Anne Pippin Burnett

Of all the lyric poets of ancient Greece, Pindar is the one whose work has been best preserved. His odes to victorious Greek athletes were entertainments designed for performance in a hospitable atmosphere of drinking, dining and jokes. The victor has known the favour of the god whose contest he entered, and has brought back pan-Hellenic fame to his family, friends and city. To extend this glory and make it permanent, he has commissioned a song...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853997110
• ISBN13: 9781853997112
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.3"