Pindar: 'Pythian Eleven' (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)

Cambridge University Press, 12/13/2007
EAN 9780521884815, ISBN10: 0521884810

Hardcover, 172 pages, 21.6 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm
Language: English

Pindar's Pythian Eleven is a miniature masterpiece: a poem praising a young athlete which presents a vivid and important account of the Agamemnon legend. Yet it contains so many difficulties (of text, metre, dating and interpretation) that even Wilamowitz regarded it as one of Pindar's most obscure poems. This 2007 edition (the first full-scale treatment that the poem had ever received) provides answers to the problems that have prevented proper appreciation of the work. In addition to the full introduction and commentary, the book also has a text based on re-examination of the manuscripts, detailed metrical discussion, and a translation.

Preface
Introduction
Metrical analysis
Testimonia
Synopsis of readings
Text, translation and apparatus
Commentary.