Pindar: 'Pythian Eleven'

2007 edition of Pindar's Pythian Eleven offering text, translation, metrical discussion, full introduction, and commentary.

P. J. Finglass (Edited by)

9780521884815, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 December 2007

172 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg

'Finglass's work deserves praise and appreciation … this commentary is extremely useful and well documented.' Carlo Lucarini, Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica

Pindar's Pythian Eleven is a miniature masterpiece: a poem praising a young athlete which presents a vivid and important account of the Agamemnon legend. Yet it contains so many difficulties (of text, metre, dating and interpretation) that even Wilamowitz regarded it as one of Pindar's most obscure poems. This 2007 edition (the first full-scale treatment that the poem had ever received) provides answers to the problems that have prevented proper appreciation of the work. In addition to the full introduction and commentary, the book also has a text based on re-examination of the manuscripts, detailed metrical discussion, and a translation.

Preface
Introduction
Metrical analysis
Testimonia
Synopsis of readings
Text, translation and apparatus
Commentary.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Literary studies: poetry & poets [DSC], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]