Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina
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- ISBN 9780199277940
- Weight: 516g
- Dimensions: 148 x 222mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2005
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book consists of individual studies of Pindar's eleven odes for Aiginetan victors, preceded by a brief survey of the history of the island and the nature of its aristocracy. Anne Pippin Burnett's discussion is particularly attentive to questions of mythic self-presentation, as exemplified in the pedimental sculptures of the Aphaia Temple and the parallel `narrative' sections of the odes. The overall concern is with Pindaric techniques for unifying an audience and leading it into a shared experience of inspired success, but there is also a concern with the realities of athletic contest and its celebration.
The late Anne Pippin Burnett was formerly Professor Emerita, Classics, University of Chicago.
