Asya C. Sigelman (Pennsylvania Bryn Mawr College)

Pindar's Poetics of Immortality

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through close case studies of Pindar's victory odes, Asya C. Sigelman offers a new approach to Pindar's famously difficult poetics by focusing on the poetic aim of immortalization. This book will be of interest to classical philologists and readers exploring new interpretative approaches to poetic text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781107135017
• ISBN-10: 110713501X
• Artikelnr.: 43855649

Autorenporträt

Asya C. Sigelman is Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Microstructure of Pindar's poetic time scheme: compound adjectives and lyric narratives
2. Macrostructure of Pindar's poetic time scheme: the song-journey
3. Case study: Pythian 11
4. Case study: Pythian 4
Appendix A. Text and translation of Hom. Od. 19.393-467 and Pyth. 9.1-75, 11, and 4
Appendix B. Pindar and Bacchylides.