Pindar's Pythian Twelve : a Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study / Laura Massetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massetti, Laura, author.

Series:

Ancient languages and civilizations ; Volume 6.

Ancient Languages and Civilizations Series ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pindar--Criticism and interpretation.

Pindar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

‎Contents

‎Preface

‎Figures, Tables, Schemes and Charts

‎Abbreviations

‎Part 1. Pindar's Pythian Twelve: Text and Linguistic Commentary

‎Chapter 1. Pindar's Pythian Twelve: Date, Performance, and Myth

‎1. The Ode

‎2. Date

‎3. Midas' Victory and Performance

‎4. The Myth

‎Chapter 2. Pythian Twelve's Ring-Composition

‎1. Ring-Composition and Ring-Compositions

‎2. Inherited Rings: Pindar and the Rigveda

‎3. Ring-Composition in Pythian Twelve

‎4. Schematic Representation

‎5. Descriptive Analysis

‎Chapter 3. Linguistic Remarks

‎1. Pindar's Kunstsprache: Introduction

‎2. The Pindaric Kunstsprache in Pythian Twelve

‎Chapter 4. Text

‎1. Colometry

‎2. Synopsis of Readings

‎3. Text

‎4. Translation

‎Chapter 5. Linguistic Commentary

‎1. Invocation (1-6)

‎1.1. Excursus: στέφανος and στεφάνωμα in Pindar

‎2. Transition (7-8) and Myth (8-24)

‎2.1. Weaving Songs: A 'Gendered Metaphor'?

‎2.2. Weaving Songs in Pindar and Indo-European

‎3. Transition (25-27)

‎4. Gnōmai (28-32)

‎Chapter 6. The νόμος πολυκέφαλος in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca

‎1. The Gorgons' Bellowing in Nonnus' Dionysiaca

‎2. Nonn. D. 24.35-38

‎3. Nonn. D. 40.215-233

‎4. Nonn. D. 30.264-267

‎5. Conclusions

‎Part 2. A Melody with Multiple Heads: A Vedic Parallel to Pindar's Pythian Twelve

‎Chapter 7. Introduction: A Comparative Approach to the Myth of Pythian Twelve

‎1. Methodological Premises

‎2. Rigveda 10.67 as a Comparandum

‎3. Similia inter dissimilia

‎4. Comparative Plan

‎Chapter 8. Br̥haspati and the Poetic Vision of Seven Heads Rigveda 10.67: Text and Commentary

‎1. Introduction

‎2. Repetitions and Rings in Rigveda 10.67

‎3. Text and Translation

‎4. Commentary

‎Chapter 9. How to Find a Song of Multiple Heads: Collocations in Context.

‎1. Features of the Enemy and His/Her Abode (Mytho-geography)

‎1.1. The Gorgons' Abode

‎1.2. Which Tradition(s) Does Pindar Follow?

‎1.3. The Daughters of Phorcus

‎1.4. Vala: Location and Descriptions

‎1.5. Features of the Enemy and His/Her Abode (Mytho-geography): Common Traits

‎2. Association with the Base Collocation [hero-kills-serpent]

‎2.1. From Lizards to Serpents

‎2.2. Reconstructing [Perseus-kills-serpentine-Gorgon]*

‎2.3. Indra's Combats

‎2.3.1. Indra, His Enemies, and His Divine Escort

‎2.3.2. The Cave and the Mountain

‎2.3.3. How to Smash the Enclosing Thing

‎2.4. Association with the Base Collocation [hero-kills-serpent]: Common Traits

‎3. Association with the Collocation [hero-drives away-goods(cattle, women etc.)]

‎3.1. Perseus Rescuer of Women: The Fate of Danae and Andromeda

‎3.2. Medusa's Combat and Andromeda's Rescue

‎3.3. Indra(/Br̥haspati), Trita Āptya and Θraētaona, Son of Āθβiia

‎3.4. Waters, Cows, and Women

‎3.5. Association with the Collocation [hero-drives away-goods(cattle, women etc.)]: Common Traits

‎4. Acoustic Dimensions of the Narratives

‎4.1. Perseus' Cry and/or Cheering

‎4.2. The Enemy's Voice

‎4.3. Athena's Musical Invention

‎4.4. Vala-Myth's Acoustic: Br̥haspati's Roar

‎4.5. Vala Laments

‎4.6. Angirasas' and Marutas' Songs

‎4.7. Acoustic Dimensions of the Narratives: Common Traits

‎5. Overview

‎6. [god-invents-song-multiple-headsadj./gen.]

‎Chapter 10. Midas' δόξα and Br̥haspati's dákṣinā

‎1. Midas' Toil and Glory

‎2. Midas and Perseus

‎3. Midas and Athena

‎4. Gk. δόξα and Ved. dákṣinā

‎Bibliography

‎Index of Selected Names, Things, and Collocations

‎Index of Selected Words

‎Index of Authors and Works.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-69413-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004694132 DOI