Three Aeginetan Odes of Pindar: A Commentary on Nemean V, Nemean III, & Pythian VIII

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A study of three epinicia of Pindar, which have in common that they celebrate victories of Aeginetan athletes and that they respond to the contemporary political situation in Aegina and to circumstances of the victory. The primary objective of this book is to provide an interpretation of each of the three odes as meaningful, coherent works of the literary art. For each ode, it provides a commentary in which problems of text and interpretation are discussed in detail, a structural and metrical analysis, and an interpretative essay, in which the observations of detail are brought together in order to provide an answer to the question as to how the ode at hand could have functioned as a coherent, meaningful epinicion. The introduction addresses questions of method and provides a description of Pindar's style. BP000001 THREE AEGINETAN ODES OF PINDAR: A COMMENTARY ON NEMEANV, NEMEAN III, & PYTHIAN VIII CONTENTS PREFACE BP000002 INTRODUCTION The Occasional Nature of Pindar's Odes The Occasional and the Conventional The Occasional and Aesthetic Appraisal The Occasional and the Panhellenic Dimension Modem Historicism Unity Unity and the Occasional Method Pindar's Style ᴨᴼtKtλia Implicitness Implicitness in the Macro-Structure Implicitness in Intersentential Relations Implicitness within the Sentence The Fictional Mimesis of Ex Tempore Speech Relative Clauses and 'Relative Connection' Linear Development: Manipulation of Expectancy and Creation of Suspense Variations of Mood Variations of Tempo Word Order 'Inconcinnitas' Metre Pindar's Style: Towards a Synthesis BP000003 DIFFERENT READINGS BP000004 NEMEAN V Date and Historical Setting Interpretation Proem Myth Closure The Relevance of the Historical Setting Structural Analysis Metrical Analysis Commentary BP000005 NEMEAN III Date Interpretation Proem First Myth: Heracles Aeacid Myths The Final Triad The Relevance of the Heracles Myth The Role of Chiron Structural Analysis Metrical Analysis Commentary BP000006 PYTHIAN VIII Date Interpretation The First Triad Method Historical Setting The First Triad (Resumed) The Second Triad Myth The Fourth Triad The Final Triad Summary & Conclusion Epilogue Structural Analysis Metrical Analysis Commentary BP000007 APPENDIX Nemean V NEMEAN III Pythian VIII BP000008 BIBLIOGRAPHY BP000009 INDICES Index of Greek Words Discussed BP000010 General Index BP000011 SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE