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Pindar's Mythmaking: The Fourth Pythian Ode
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Pindar's Mythmaking: The Fourth Pythian Ode
Contributors:
By (Author) Charles Segal
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Poetry
Dewey:
884.01
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
224
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
312g
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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the lat
