Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the GenreThe paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's paeans. These became known to twentieth century scholars thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragments; this book offers the first comprehensive re-evaluation of the poems. It includes the Greek text and translation of all the paeans of Pindar with a supplement comprising fragments from poems of uncertain genres. Ian Rutherford accompanies each fragment with an interpretation regarding issues of religion, performance, and genre. |
Contents
A Survey of the Genre | 3 |
Pindars Paeans | 137 |
Note on the Text | 185 |
Fragments Not from II Groups FH | 350 |
Supplements | 399 |
Scraps Not from II | 433 |
Metrical Appendix | 443 |
Repertory of Пlaiâves by Poets Other | 459 |
Concordance of Editions and Assignation | 467 |
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Abdera Aegina Aeginetan Aesch aetiology Aiakos aiâves antistrophe Apolline Apollo apotropaic Artemis Asclepius Athenian Athens Bacch Bacchylides Callimachus Ceian chthonic cited colometry context cult D'Alessio deity Delos Delphi Dionysus eidographic Epinikia epithet festival FGrH fifth century BC fragments function genre Greek Hellenistic Heracles Homeric Homeric Hymn honour Hymn hypothesis implied Isyllus Limenios Lobel lyric maiâves metre metrical Muses myth Neoptolemus oracle paean paeanic Paianes papyri performance perhaps Pind Pindar Plut poet poetry POxy prayer probably Proclus prophecy Pyth Radt reference refrain ritual Rutherford scholia scholion seems singer singing Snell SnMae song Soph Strabo strophe suggested sung temple Theban Thebes Theoxenia third triad TrGF victory Wilamowitz xopós Zeus γὰρ δὲ εἰς ἐν ἐπὶ ἰὴ καὶ μὲν οἱ παιάν παιάνες περὶ Σδι τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τῷ τῶν