LEADER 03644nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910453370803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-92177-7 010 $a9786611921774 010 $a90-474-2282-1 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004158481.i-230 035 $a(CKB)1000000000553448 035 $a(EBL)467943 035 $a(OCoLC)646789608 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000266573 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217116 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266573 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305080 035 $a(PQKB)11442829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467943 035 $a(OCoLC)180989634$z(OCoLC)166358252 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047422822 035 $a(PPN)174387466 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467943 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10270864 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000553448 100 $a20071106d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe value of victory in Pindar's odes$b[electronic resource] $egnomai, cosmology and the role of the poet /$fby Hanna Boeke 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 1 $aMnemosyne bibliotheca classica Batava,$x0169-8958 ;$vv. 285 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-15848-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and indexes. 327 $aGnomai as a source of cosmological reflection -- The nature of gnomai according to modern scholarship -- Ancient thinking on gnomai -- The "true point" of gnomai -- The gnomic expression of cosmology in Pindar -- Definitions and assumptions -- The elemental forces : fate, God, nature and man -- The human condition -- Man in society -- Cosmology in action : an analysis of selected odes -- Olympian 12 : an immigrant and his adopted city -- Isthmian 4 : creating for an ill-favoured victor -- Olympian 13 : praising an ambitious family -- The poet as mediator of cosmology -- Isthmian 4 : the poet modifies a cosmological premise -- Olympian 13 : the poet demonstrates cosmological principles -- Cosmology and the poet in short odes -- Olympian 9 and Nemean 3 : the poet assumes different attitudes to a central cosmological tenet. 330 $aThis book investigates the cosmological context of Pindar?s victory odes, and how it influences his presentation of praise. The study first focuses on gnomai as a reflection of cosmology, using these sayings to establish the views the poems reveal on matters such as the divine, the human condition and man in society. This overview is complemented by detailed literary analyses demonstrating how cosmology functions in individual odes. They show that Pindar shapes the poet persona to emphasize different aspects of the traditional world view or represent varying viewpoints so that he can praise each victor according to his particular circumstances. By focusing on cosmology the book highlights a neglected dimension of Pindar?s odes and challenges some traditional views on this poet. 410 0$aMnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.$pSupplementum ;$v285. 606 $aCosmology, Ancient, in literature 606 $aPraise in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCosmology, Ancient, in literature. 615 0$aPraise in literature. 676 $a884/.01 700 $aBoeke$b Hanna$0882060 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453370803321 996 $aThe value of victory in Pindar's odes$91970300 997 $aUNINA