Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals
From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire
Inbunden, Engelska, 2007
Av MORGAN HORNBLOWER, Simon Hornblower, Catherine Morgan, University College London) Hornblower, Simon (, Professor of Classics and Ancient History, King's College London) Morgan, Catherine (, Professor of Classical Archaeology
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.Ancient sport made a huge if indirect contribution to the literature of ancient Greece, since some sixty poems by Pindar and Bacchylides ('epinikian odes'), written to commemorate victories, survive from the Classical period. This book is a collection of essays about that literature, and about the social and physical context for which it was written. The editors assembled an internationally distinguished team of speakers for the original 2002 seminar series held in London, and these papers form the backbone of the book. But to ensure coherence and comprehensive coverage, they have commissioned three further papers, and have themselves written a long thematic Introduction. The result is a stellar team of authors, and a book which looks at an important literary phenomenon in light of the latest archaeological and sociological insights, as well as evaluating the poetry both as poetry and as a performance genre with distinctive characteristics.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2007-02-22
- Mått195 x 252 x 30 mm
- Vikt1 245 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor496
- FörlagOUP OXFORD
- ISBN9780199296729