Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina

by Anne Pippin Burnett

This book consists of individual studies of Pindar's eleven odes for Aiginetan victors, preceded by a brief survey of the history of the island and the nature of its aristocracy. Anne Pippin Burnett's discussion is particularly attentive to questions of mythic self-presentation, as exemplified in the pedimental sculptures of the Aphaia Temple and the parallel "narrative" sections of the odes. The overall concern is with Pindaric techniques for unifying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019927794X
• ISBN13: 9780199277940
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"