Pindar's songs for young athletes of Aigina / Anne Pippin Burnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnett, Anne Pippin, 1925-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pindar--Criticism and interpretation.

Pindar.

Athletes in literature.

Songs, Greek--History and criticism.

Songs, Greek.

Physical Description:

x, 276 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book consists of individual studies of the poet Pindar's eleven odes for the victors of the athletic contests on the island of Aigina. Anne Pippin Burnett addresses questions of mythic self-presentation, as well as Pindar's techniques for unifying his audience and leading it into a shared experience of inspired success.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I. THE AUDIENCE

1. Aigina and the Aiakids

2. The Pediments of the Aphaia Temple

3. Contest and Coming of Age

PART II. THE PERFORMANCES

4. Nemean 5: Peleus' Wedding Song

5. Isthmian 6: The Engendering of Ajax

6. Isthmian 5: Achilles and Telephos

7. Isthmian 8: A Monster Avoided

8. Nemean 4: Wrestling with a Form-Changer

9. Nemean 3: The Education of Achilles

10. Nemean 6: Athletes as Heroes

11. Nemean 8: Slander and Praise

12. Nemean 7: Neoptolemos at Delphi

13. Olympian 8: Aiakos at the Walls of Troy

14. Pythian 8: A Phantom's Dream

15. Afternote: The Audience as Participant

Bibliography

Index of Passages Cited

A

B

D

E

H

I

K

N

O

P

S

T

X

General Index

C

F

L

M

R

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-265) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191515453

0191515450

9780191707841

0191707848

9781280758478

1280758473

OCLC:

476257782

Publisher Number:

9780199277940 (hbk.)