Pindar's Pythian Twelve a Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study
Pindar’s Pythian Twelve is the only choral lyric epinicion in our possession composed for the winner of a non-athletic competition. Often regarded as an ode of straightforward interpretation, close analysis of the text reveals that it presents several challenges to modern readers. This book offers a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
[2024]
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Ancient languages and civilizations ;
Volume 6. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009811304906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Figures, Tables, Schemes and Charts
- Abbreviations
- Part 1. Pindar's Pythian Twelve: Text and Linguistic Commentary
- Chapter 1. Pindar's Pythian Twelve: Date, Performance, and Myth
- 1. The Ode
- 2. Date
- 3. Midas' Victory and Performance
- 4. The Myth
- Chapter 2. Pythian Twelve's Ring-Composition
- 1. Ring-Composition and Ring-Compositions
- 2. Inherited Rings: Pindar and the Rigveda
- 3. Ring-Composition in Pythian Twelve
- 4. Schematic Representation
- 5. Descriptive Analysis
- Chapter 3. Linguistic Remarks
- 1. Pindar's Kunstsprache: Introduction
- 2. The Pindaric Kunstsprache in Pythian Twelve
- Chapter 4. Text
- 1. Colometry
- 2. Synopsis of Readings
- 3. Text
- 4. Translation
- Chapter 5. Linguistic Commentary
- 1. Invocation (1-6)
- 1.1. Excursus: στέφανος and στεφάνωμα in Pindar
- 2. Transition (7-8) and Myth (8-24)
- 2.1. Weaving Songs: A 'Gendered Metaphor'?
- 2.2. Weaving Songs in Pindar and Indo-European
- 3. Transition (25-27)
- 4. Gnōmai (28-32)
- Chapter 6. The νόμος πολυκέφαλος in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca
- 1. The Gorgons' Bellowing in Nonnus' Dionysiaca
- 2. Nonn. D. 24.35-38
- 3. Nonn. D. 40.215-233
- 4. Nonn. D. 30.264-267
- 5. Conclusions
- Part 2. A Melody with Multiple Heads: A Vedic Parallel to Pindar's Pythian Twelve
- Chapter 7. Introduction: A Comparative Approach to the Myth of Pythian Twelve
- 1. Methodological Premises
- 2. Rigveda 10.67 as a Comparandum
- 3. Similia inter dissimilia
- 4. Comparative Plan
- Chapter 8. Br̥haspati and the Poetic Vision of Seven Heads Rigveda 10.67: Text and Commentary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Repetitions and Rings in Rigveda 10.67
- 3. Text and Translation
- 4. Commentary
- Chapter 9. How to Find a Song of Multiple Heads: Collocations in Context.
- 1. Features of the Enemy and His/Her Abode (Mytho-geography)
- 1.1. The Gorgons' Abode
- 1.2. Which Tradition(s) Does Pindar Follow?
- 1.3. The Daughters of Phorcus
- 1.4. Vala: Location and Descriptions
- 1.5. Features of the Enemy and His/Her Abode (Mytho-geography): Common Traits
- 2. Association with the Base Collocation [hero-kills-serpent]
- 2.1. From Lizards to Serpents
- 2.2. Reconstructing [Perseus-kills-serpentine-Gorgon]*
- 2.3. Indra's Combats
- 2.3.1. Indra, His Enemies, and His Divine Escort
- 2.3.2. The Cave and the Mountain
- 2.3.3. How to Smash the Enclosing Thing
- 2.4. Association with the Base Collocation [hero-kills-serpent]: Common Traits
- 3. Association with the Collocation [hero-drives away-goods(cattle, women etc.)]
- 3.1. Perseus Rescuer of Women: The Fate of Danae and Andromeda
- 3.2. Medusa's Combat and Andromeda's Rescue
- 3.3. Indra(/Br̥haspati), Trita Āptya and Θraētaona, Son of Āθβiia
- 3.4. Waters, Cows, and Women
- 3.5. Association with the Collocation [hero-drives away-goods(cattle, women etc.)]: Common Traits
- 4. Acoustic Dimensions of the Narratives
- 4.1. Perseus' Cry and/or Cheering
- 4.2. The Enemy's Voice
- 4.3. Athena's Musical Invention
- 4.4. Vala-Myth's Acoustic: Br̥haspati's Roar
- 4.5. Vala Laments
- 4.6. Angirasas' and Marutas' Songs
- 4.7. Acoustic Dimensions of the Narratives: Common Traits
- 5. Overview
- 6. [god-invents-song-multiple-headsadj./gen.]
- Chapter 10. Midas' δόξα and Br̥haspati's dákṣinā
- 1. Midas' Toil and Glory
- 2. Midas and Perseus
- 3. Midas and Athena
- 4. Gk. δόξα and Ved. dákṣinā
- 5. Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index of Selected Names, Things, and Collocations
- Index of Selected Words
- Index of Authors and Works.
