A Commentary on Pindar Olympian Nine

Download or read book A Commentary on Pindar Olympian Nine written by Douglas E. Gerber and published by Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olympian Nine celebrates the wrestling victory in 468 of Epharmostus of Opous. Although one of PindarAes longer odes, it has received less scholarly attention than others of comparable size. The present commentary fills this gap. A significant portion of the ode is devoted to EpharmostusAe previous victories and an appendix analyses how victory catalogues are treated elsewhere by Pindar as well as by Bacchylides and agonistic epigrams. "There are a thousand things to treasure here; details are a steep path and require too much discussion to give a sense of the whole. IAell put it simply: Gerber makes hard scholarship look easy. The wise will store up against future need." Classical World