Pindar's songs for young athletes of Aigina / / Anne Pippin Burnett

• Autore: Burnett Anne Pippin <1925->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: x, 276 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 884/.01
• Soggetto topico: Athletes in literature; Songs, Greek - History and criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-265) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I. THE AUDIENCE -- 1. Aigina and the Aiakids -- 2. The Pediments of the Aphaia Temple -- 3. Contest and Coming of Age -- PART II. THE PERFORMANCES -- 4. Nemean 5: Peleus' Wedding Song -- 5. Isthmian 6: The Engendering of Ajax -- 6. Isthmian 5: Achilles and Telephos -- 7. Isthmian 8: A Monster Avoided -- 8. Nemean 4: Wrestling with a Form-Changer -- 9. Nemean 3: The Education of Achilles -- 10. Nemean 6: Athletes as Heroes -- 11. Nemean 8: Slander and Praise -- 12. Nemean 7: Neoptolemos at Delphi -- 13. Olympian 8: Aiakos at the Walls of Troy -- 14. Pythian 8: A Phantom's Dream -- 15. Afternote: The Audience as Participant -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages Cited -- A -- B -- D -- E -- H -- I -- K -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- X -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pindar's songs for young athletes of Aigina
• ISBN: 9780191515453; 0191515450; 9780191707841; 0191707848; 9781280758478; 1280758473
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955141803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II