Pindar's Homer

The Lyric Possession of An Epic Past

By: Gregory Nagy

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Paperback | 14 May 1994

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Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. Throughout, he progressively broadens the definition of lyric to the point where it becomes the basis for defining epic, rather than the other way around.

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""A fascinating book by a bold and learned scholar, displaying an impressive breadth of knowledge, interest, and reading... One admires the way Nagy gathers together strands of information usually examined in isolation and spins them into a coherent and persuasively presented argument.""

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies Classical Literary Studies History Earliest Times to Present Day Ancient History to the Year 500 General & World History Literary Studies of Poetry & Poets Literary Studies of Fiction

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction: A Word on Assumptions, Methods, and Aims	p. 1
Oral Poetry and Ancient Greek Poetry: Broadening and Narrowing the Terms	p. 17
The Poetics of Panhellenism and the Enigma of Authorship in Early Greece	p. 52
The Panhellenization of Song	p. 82
Pindar's Olympian 1 and the Aetiology of the Olympic Games	p. 116
The Ordeal of the Athlete and the Burden of the Poet	p. 136
Epic, Praise, and the Possession of Poetry	p. 146
Pindar and Homer, Athlete and Hero	p. 199
The Authoritative Speech of Prose, Poetry, and Song: Pindar and Herodotus I	p. 215
The Authority of Historia and the Sign of the Hero	p. 250
The Charms of Tyranny: Pindar and Herodotus II	p. 274
The Ainos as Song or Speech: Pindar and Herodotus III	p. 314
Authority and Authorship in the Lyric Tradition	p. 339
The Genesis of Athenian State Theater and the Survival of Pindar's Poetry	p. 382
Pindar's Homer	p. 414
Appendix: A Comparative Survey of Pindar's Meters	p. 439
Bibliography	p. 465
Index	p. 495
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