{"product_id":"nemean-odes-isthmian-odes-fragments","title":"Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. Fragments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe preeminent lyric poet of ancient Greece.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf  the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518–438 BC) was “by far the greatest  for the magnificence of his inspiration” in Quintilian’s view; Horace  judged him “sure to win Apollo’s laurels.” The esteem of the ancients  may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved.  Most of the Greek lyric poets come down to us only in bits and pieces,  but nearly a quarter of Pindar’s poems survive complete. William H. Race  now brings us, in two volumes, a new edition and translation of the  four books of victory odes, along with surviving fragments of Pindar’s  other poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Simonides and Bacchylides, Pindar wrote  elaborate odes in honor of prize-winning athletes for public performance  by singers, dancers, and musicians. His forty-five victory odes  celebrate triumphs in athletic contests at the four great Panhellenic  festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean, and Isthmian games.  In these complex poems, Pindar commemorates the achievement of athletes  and powerful rulers against the backdrop of divine favor, human  failure, heroic legend, and the moral ideals of aristocratic Greek  society. Readers have long savored them for their rich poetic language  and imagery, moral maxims, and vivid portrayals of sacred myths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRace  provides brief introductions to each ode and full explanatory  footnotes, offering the reader invaluable guidance to these often  difficult poems. His Loeb Pindar also contains a helpfully annotated  edition and translation of significant fragments, including hymns,  paeans, dithyrambs, maiden songs, and dirges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241680425304,"sku":"9780674995345","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674995345.jpg?v=1779256860","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/nemean-odes-isthmian-odes-fragments","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}