Pindars's Paeans A Reading of the Fragments ith a Survey of the Genre [Hardcover]

Text and translation of all Pindar's paeans, sacred hymns to Apollo, with a supplement containing fragments from poems of uncertain genre. The lengthy introduction provides a re-evaluation of the poems and examines their place in the song-dance culture of Classical and Hellenistic Greece.Text and translation of all Pindar's paeans, sacred hymns to Apollo, with a supplement containing fragments from poems of uncertain genre. The lengthy introduction provides a re-evaluation of the poems and examines their place in the song-dance culture of Classical and Hellenistic Greece.