Isbn: 9789004158481 - the value of victory in pindar's odes: gnomai, cosmology and the role of the poet (mnemosyne, supplements) (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Sealed in original shrinkwrap.

Large octavo (245 x 165 mm), publisher's illustrated hardcover, X, 230 pp., previous owner's stamp to front fly leaf (Exlibris H. S. Versnel), a well preserved copy. [MnS - Mnemosyne Supplements; 285]. - ISBN: 9789004158481. - Contents/Inhalt : Gnomai as a source of cosmological reflection -- The nature of gnomai according to modern scholarship -- Ancient thinking on gnomai -- The "true point" of gnomai -- The gnomic expression of cosmology in Pindar -- Definitions and assumptions -- The elemental forces : fate, God, nature and man -- The human condition -- Man in society -- Cosmology in action : an analysis of selected odes -- Olympian 12 : an immigrant and his adopted city -- Isthmian 4 : creating for an ill-favoured victor -- Olympian 13 : praising an ambitious family -- The poet as mediator of cosmology -- Isthmian 4 : the poet modifies a cosmological premise -- Olympian 13 : the poet demonstrates cosmological principles -- Cosmology and the poet in short odes -- Olympian 9 and Nemean 3 : the poet assumes different attitudes to a central cosmological tenet. Description based upon print version of record.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and indexes.; English ||| Pindar Criticism and interpretation; Cosmology, Ancient, in literature; Praise in literature - Pindar Kritik und Interpretation; Kosmologie, Antike, in der Literatur; Lob in der Literatur - [00B | SOD | oR ] 540 g.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. in plastic wrap.