Ch. 3. Pindar’s Pythian 4
Interpreting History in Song
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21874292 |
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| Authors | Peter Agócs (0000-0002-1250-9141, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 87-154 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Histos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2046-5963 • E-ISSN: 2046-5963 |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.29173/histos31 |
| OpenAlex | W4402509091 |
| Language | EN |
This chapter comprises a narratological analysis of Pindar’s longest victory-ode, Pythian 4, composed to celebrate a chariot victory at Delphi of Arcesilas IV, the Battiad king of Cyrene. Through a close reading of the ode as a colonisation story, and through comparison with the traditions set out by Herodotus in his Libyan logos, it examines Pindar’s handling of oral and poetic tradition, and the connection between poetic form and political/social ideology. Published in C. Constantakopoulou and M. Fragoulaki, ed., Shaping Memory in Ancient Greece (HISTOS Supplement 11), p. 87-154
Art · Literature · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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