Pindars Mythmaking
：The Fourth Pythian Ode
( Princeton Legacy Library )
Publication subTitle ：The Fourth Pythian Ode
Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library
Author： Segal Charles;;;
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781400853106
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691054735
Subject： I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation;I1 World Literature;I106.2 Poetry
Keyword： 世界文学
Language： ENG
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Description
Combining historical and philological method with contemporary literary analysis, this study of Pindar's longest and most elaborate victory ode, the Fourth Pythian, traces the underlying mythical patterns, implicit poetics, and processes of mythopoesis that animate his poetry
Originally published in 1986.
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