1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996205982803316

Autore

Burnett Anne Pippin <1925->

Titolo

Pindar's songs for young athletes of Aigina [[electronic resource] /] / Anne Pippin Burnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-170784-8

1-280-75847-3

0-19-151545-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

884/.01

Soggetti

Athletes in literature

Songs, Greek - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-265) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. THE AUDIENCE; PART II. THE PERFORMANCES; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. - ;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-pres



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388520003316

Autore

Spenser Edmund <1552?-1599.>

Titolo

The shepherds calendar [[electronic resource] ] : containing twelve æglogues, proportionable to the twelve months. By Edmund Spencer prince of English poets

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for M. M[eighen] T. C[ollins] and Gabriell Bedell, and are to be sold at their shop at the Middle-Temple-gate in Fleetstreet, M.DC.LIII : [1653]

Descrizione fisica

[8], 88, 85-147, [7] p

Altri autori (Persone)

BathurstTheodore <d. 1651.>

DillinghamWilliam <1617?-1689.>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Printers' names from Pforzheimer catalogue.

Parallel Latin and English texts. The Latin translation is by William Bathurst.

The Latin title page reads: Calendarium pastorale.

Dedication signed: Guil. Dillingham.

With an index.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb.".

Identified as Wing S4966 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700".

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018