Of the forty-six surviving victory odes of Pindar, eleven give praise to athletes from the island of Aigina in the Saronic Gulf. This book offers studies of those eleven songs, preceded by a brief survey of the island's history, a sketch of its peculiar aristocracy, and a description of the scu...

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1. Verfasser:	Burnett, Anne Pippin 1925- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2005
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Pindare - Critique et interprétation Pindar > Criticism and interpretation Pindarus > ca. 522 oder 518 v. Chr.-446 v. Chr. > Epinicia Pindarus > ca. 522 oder 518 v. Chr.-446 v. Chr. > Carmina Chansons grecques - Histoire et critique Sportifs dans la littérature Athletes in literature Songs, Greek > History and criticism Ägina Anthologie Kommentar
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Zusammenfassung:	Of the forty-six surviving victory odes of Pindar, eleven give praise to athletes from the island of Aigina in the Saronic Gulf. This book offers studies of those eleven songs, preceded by a brief survey of the island's history, a sketch of its peculiar aristocracy, and a description of the sculptural programme of its early fifth-century temple of Aphaia--because the author's concentration is always upon effects produced within the immediate audience when the odes were performed. As hosts or guests, members of a small commercial elite watched while dancers celebrated the athletic success of one of their own number, and the conditions of performance remained essentially unchanged fromthe 490s through the 460s BC, in spite of Aigina's gradual loss of power. The songs that Pindar supplied for these occasions invite a close consideration of the epinician mode, for all are ample in scale and complex in design, while at the same time all share a local awareness of the pediments of the Aphaia Temple and all (so it is argued) salute victors who are under 18 years of age. In addition, each performance displays a mythic marvel, and Anne Pippin Burnett argues that these segments of narrative are meant to bring a touch of performance to a worldly celebration, offering to the gathered masculine auditors imperishable proofs of their common identity. Burnett's overall concern is with Pindar's techniques for leading spectators into a shared experience of inspired success, but she is also alert to the historical realities of Greek athletic contest.--Book jacket.
Beschreibung:	mit griech. Textbeisp.
Beschreibung:	X, 276 S. Ill.
ISBN:	019927794x 9780199277940