Description
Book SynopsisThis volume contains word-for-word commentaries on Pindar's Olympian Odes 3, 7, 12, 14. Emphasis is placed on the explanations of peculiarities of grammar and idiom, but due attention is paid to figures of style and problems of poetic structure. The interpretations proposed by the author - many of them which are new - are documented as fully, but at the same time as concisely, as possible. This documentation, which includes a critical examination of other views, has been made more easily accessible by detailed indexes. The poems discussed do not have special similarities or interrelationships. On the other hand, they may be considered representative of the poet's art. From this point of view, the present selection may serve as an introduction to the study of Pindar's work. Vol. II will contain commentaries on Olympians 1, 10, 11, Nemean 11, and Isthmian 2. A third volume on Pythians 1, 8, 10 is inteded to conclude the series.
Trade Review'...a book of considerable value, one that will be read with profit by all Pindarists...' Douglas E. Gerber, The Classical Review, 1988. 'Les précieuses analyses de M. Verdenius contribuent indiscutablement à une meilleure compréhension des odes envisagées.' Monique Mund-Dopchie, L'Antiquité Classique, 1990. '...this is an important book which no serious student of these odes can ignore.' Christopher Carey, the Classical Review, 1990.
