Pindaric metre the 'other half'
Pindar is one of the greatest Greek poets, but the metre of about half of his odes is very obscure. This study presents a convincing new analysis of their metre, together with discussions of stanzaic structure, of textual problems, and of particular lines in the stanza and their exploitation within...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2009, 2009
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Pindar is one of the greatest Greek poets, but the metre of about half of his odes is very obscure. This study presents a convincing new analysis of their metre, together with discussions of stanzaic structure, of textual problems, and of particular lines in the stanza and their exploitation within the text |
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Physical Description: | xix, 464 p. |
ISBN: | 9780191710780 |