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Book SynopsisCombining 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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the lat
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xii*Introduction, pg. 3*1. Heroic Guile: The Craft of the Hero and the Art of the Poet, pg. 15*2. The Language of Gods and Men, pg. 30*3. Trials of the Hero: Sexuality, Generational Passage, and the Seeds of Creation, pg. 52*4. Mythic Patterns I: Wandering and Foundation, pg. 72*5. Mythic Patterns II: The Voyage Beyond and Primordial Beginnings, pg. 89*6. The Wisdom of Oedipus, pg. 106*7. Poetry and/or Ideology, pg. 123*8. Pindar's Post-Oral Poetics: Between Inspiration and Textuality, pg. 153*9. Sexual Conflict and Ideology, pg. 165*10. Conclusion. Chionos: Time and Structure, pg. 180*Select Bibliography, pg. 195*Index of Works and Passages, pg. 201*Index of Names and Subjects, pg. 205
