Pindar’s Pythian Twelve: A Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study

Pindar’s Pythian Twelve is the only choral lyric epinicion in our possession composed for the winner of a non-athletic competition. Often regarded as an ode of straightforward interpretation, close analysis of the text reveals that it presents several challenges to modern readers. This book offers a...

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Hovedforfatter: Massetti, Laura
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description Pindar’s Pythian Twelve is the only choral lyric epinicion in our possession composed for the winner of a non-athletic competition. Often regarded as an ode of straightforward interpretation, close analysis of the text reveals that it presents several challenges to modern readers. This book offers an updated translation of the text and an investigation of the main interpretative issues of the epinicion with the aid of historical linguistics. By identifying devices which Pindar might have inherited from earlier periods of poetic language, the study provides insights into the thematic aspects of the ode as well as on Pindar’s compositional technique.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1426492024-07-31T06:24:20Z Pindar’s Pythian Twelve: A Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study Massetti, Laura choral lyric greek literature indo-european studies medusa mythology perseus pindar poetics pythian twelve rigveda ring-composition stylistics vala-myth thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CB Language: reference and general::CBX Language: history and general works Pindar’s Pythian Twelve is the only choral lyric epinicion in our possession composed for the winner of a non-athletic competition. Often regarded as an ode of straightforward interpretation, close analysis of the text reveals that it presents several challenges to modern readers. This book offers an updated translation of the text and an investigation of the main interpretative issues of the epinicion with the aid of historical linguistics. By identifying devices which Pindar might have inherited from earlier periods of poetic language, the study provides insights into the thematic aspects of the ode as well as on Pindar’s compositional technique. 2024-07-31T06:24:17Z 2024-07-31T06:24:17Z 2024-07-29T12:30:07Z 2024 book ONIX_20240729_9789004694132_30 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/92499 9789004694132 9789004688070 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/142649 eng open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92499/1/9789004694132.pdf Brill 10.1163/9789004694132 10.1163/9789004694132 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 ed99660d-5972-4275-a585-56bd3be715d0 9789004694132 9789004688070 [...] open access
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Massetti, Laura
Pindar’s Pythian Twelve: A Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study
title Pindar’s Pythian Twelve: A Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study
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topic choral lyric
greek literature
indo-european studies
medusa
mythology
perseus
pindar
poetics
pythian twelve
rigveda
ring-composition
stylistics
vala-myth
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