Pindaric metre : 'the other half' / Kiichiro Itsumi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Itsumi, Kiichiro.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pindar--Criticism and interpretation.

Pindar.

Pindar--Versification.

Greek language--Metrics and rhythmics.

Greek language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pindar is one of the greatest Greek poets, but while the metre of half of his poems is easy to grasp, that of the other half has so far remained obscure. Kiichiro Itsumi presents a new account of their metre. He separates the metre into two types and identifies a series of precise entities from which the verses are made, in this way imposing a new clarity and discipline on what had previously seemed a much vaguer process. Itsumi's analyses of individual poems include a discussion ofstanzaic structure, of textual problems, and of particular lines in the stanza and their exploitation within the

Contents:

Contents; Symbols; Key to Terminology; Text; Line-Numeration; PART I. INTRODUCTION; PART II. THE EIGHTEEN MAJORS; PART III. MISCELLANEA; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-458) and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-282-07614-0

9786612076145

0-19-155201-1

OCLC:

320909195