{"title":"Pindar","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the celebrated odes of \u003cstrong\u003ePindar\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose lyrical poetry captures the spirit of ancient Greek athletic triumphs and religious festivals. His works, including the \u003cem\u003eNemean Odes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIsthmian Odes\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOlympian Odes\u003c\/em\u003e, blend vivid imagery with profound moral and cultural reflections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection offers a rich encounter with classical literature, illuminating themes of honour, victory, and the divine. Readers with an interest in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will find in Pindar’s fragments and odes a timeless expression of human aspiration and artistic excellence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"olympian-odes-pythian-odes-by-pindar-9780674995642","title":"Olympian Odes. 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His forty-five victory odes celebrate triumphs in athletic contests at the four great Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean, and Isthmian games. In these complex poems, Pindar commemorates the achievement of athletes and powerful rulers against the backdrop of divine favour, human failure, heroic legend, and the moral ideals of aristocratic Greek society. Readers have long savoured them for their rich poetic language and imagery, moral maxims, and vivid portrayals of sacred myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRace provides brief introductions to each ode and full explanatory footnotes, offering the reader invaluable guidance to these often difficult poems. His new \u003cem\u003eLoeb Pindar\u003c\/em\u003e also contains a helpfully annotated edition and translation of significant fragments, including hymns, paeans, dithyrambs, maiden songs, and dirges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558973161708,"sku":"9780674995642","price":92.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674995642-olympian-odes-pythian-odes.jpg?v=1776924986"},{"product_id":"nemean-odes-isthmian-odes-fragments-by-pindar-9780674995345","title":"Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. 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His forty-five victory odes celebrate triumphs in athletic contests at the four great Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean, and Isthmian games. In these complex poems, Pindar commemorates the achievement of athletes and powerful rulers against the backdrop of divine favour, human failure, heroic legend, and the moral ideals of aristocratic Greek society. Readers have long savoured them for their rich poetic language and imagery, moral maxims, and vivid portrayals of sacred myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRace provides brief introductions to each ode and full explanatory footnotes, offering the reader invaluable guidance to these often difficult poems. 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