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Victory Odes

by Pindar

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Pindar was the most celebrated lyric poet of ancient Greece, and these victory odes were commissioned to honor the winners of the great athletic games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, and the Isthmus. Far more than sports reporting, each ode weaves a champion's triumph together with the myths of his city, the favor of the gods, and grave reflections on human glory and its limits. The verse is dense, soaring, and famously difficult, moving without warning from the racecourse to the halls of heroes. Composed in the fifth century BCE and gathered here in Arthur S. Way's English rendering, they preserve the voice of a world that saw victory in the games as a brush with the divine.

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Pindar

Pindar (about 518 to 438 BCE) was the greatest of the ancient Greek choral lyric poets, born near Thebes. His victory odes, celebrating winners of the Panhellenic games, are the fullest surviving example of the form and were prized in antiquity for their grandeur and moral weight.

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Author
Pindar
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
197
Language
English
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