ISBN: 9780199249190

The thesis of this book is twofold. First, it argues for a relationship between the worlds described or presupposed by Thucydides in his History, and by Pindar, chiefly but not only in hi… Mehr…

The thesis of this book is twofold. First, it argues for a relationship between the worlds described or presupposed by Thucydides in his History, and by Pindar, chiefly but not only in his 'epinikian' poetry-the odes he wrote for victors in the great games. Second, it argues that ancient literary critics were right to detect stylistic similarities between Thucydides and Pindar, the two great exponents of the 'severe style' in prose and verse respectively. That Thucydides was influenced by epic and tragedy would now be generally agreed. But the important and pervasive aspect of Greek life described and celebrated by epinikian poetry features directly, if occasionally, in Thucydides, in a way that the literal world described by Homer and Sophocles does not. So it is reasonable to expect the same competitive language and concepts to feature in both writers, and they do. The relationship between Pindar and Thucydides has not so far been acknowledged in modern scholarship.Part One begins with an exploration of the literary and institutional background of epinikian poetry and Greek festival athletics, and of the values and attitudes shared by the two main authors. Colonization myths and religion generally are examined, and Bacchylides and Herodotus are also given due coverage. A geographically organized survey of Pindar's Mediterranean world makes particular use of onomastic evidence.Part Two opens with an analysis of the most obviously 'Pindaric' episode in Thucydides, the long and rich account of the Olympic games of 420 BC. There follow discussions of the four main components of Thucydides' history in their relation to Pindar: statements of method, excursuses, speeches, andnarrative (especially in the Sictlian books); and a stylistic and literary comparison of Thucydides and Pindar.About the Author:Sirnon Hornblowers is Professor of Classics and Anclent History University College London New Textbooks>Hardcover>Classics>Lit Studies>Lit Theory & Criticism, Oxford University Press Core >2 >T<

2006, ISBN: 9780199249190

Oxford University Press, 2004. 472p. Hardback. ...the accumulation of learned details is astounding and really casts a new light on both authors. Rosaria V. Munson, Journal of Hellenic St… Mehr…

Oxford University Press, 2004. 472p. Hardback. ...the accumulation of learned details is astounding and really casts a new light on both authors. Rosaria V. Munson, Journal of Hellenic Studies 126, Reviews of Books 171-2 01/01/2006 (Publisher`s information). Printed on Demand 4 weeks Versand D: 12,00 EUR, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780199249190

Thucydides and Pindar Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry Hardcover New Books, Oxford University Press

2004, ISBN: 9780199249190

Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2004