Anne Pippin Burnett

Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina

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Produktbeschreibung

This book consists of individual studies of the poet Pindar's eleven odes for the victors of the athletic contests on the island of Aigina. Anne Pippin Burnett addresses questions of mythic self-presentation, as well as Pindar's techniques for unifying his audience and leading it into a shared experience of inspired success.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780199277940
• ISBN-10: 019927794X
• Artikelnr.: 21820787

Autorenporträt

The late Anne Pippin Burnett was formerly Professor Emerita, Classics, University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

I. The Audience
1: Aiginetans and Aiakids
2: The Pediments of the Aphaia Temple
3: Contest and Coming of Age
II. The Performances
4: Nemean Five. Peleus' Wedding Song
5: Isthmian Six. Engendering Ajax
6: Isthmian Five. Achilles and Telephos
7: Isthmian Eight. A Monster Avoided
8: Nemean Four. Wrestling with a Form-Changer
9: Nemean Three. The Education of Achilles
10: Nemean Six. Athletes as Heroes
11: Nemean Eight. Slander and Praise
12: Nemean Seven. Neoptolemos at Delphi
13: Olympian Eight. Snakes at the Walls of Troy
14: Pythian Eight. A Phantom's Dream
15: Afternote: The Audience Again