Pindar's Mythmaking

Charles Segal

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Author
Charles Segal
Publish Date
1986-07-21
Subtitle
The Fourth Pythian Ode
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
223
Publisher Name
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691054738
ISBN-13
9780691054735
citemno
178645
Subject
Ancient History
Edition
First Edition
SKU
9780691054735

Description

Combining historical and philological method with contemporary literary analysis, this study of Pindar's longest and most elaborate victory ode, the Fourth Pythian, traces the underlying mythical patterns, implicit poetics, and processes of mythopoesis that animate his poetry.

Originally published in 1986.

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