The odes of Pindar
By: translated, with an introduction, by C. M. Bowra.
Contributors: Bowra, C. M. 1898-1971, tr.
Series: Penguin classics L209
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Pindar -- Translations into English.; Laudatory poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.; Olympic games (Ancient) -- Poetry.; Athletics -- Greece -- Poetry.; Mythology, Greek -- Poetry.; Games -- Greece -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Description: The odes of Pindar (518-438 B.C.), the most renowned of the ancient Greek poets, were choral songs extolling victories at the Games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, and Corinth, that covered the specturm of Greek mythological and moral belief.