The Odes of Pindar - Pindar
Category: Classic
Narrator: Charlton Griffin
Tags: Classic
The Odes of Pindar (UNABRIDGED) by Pindar Narrated by Charlton Griffin, LENGTH: 5 hrs and 20 mins RELEASE DATE: 11-10-07 PUBLISHER: Audio Connoisseur, Publishers Summary, Pindar was one of the greatest lyric poets of ancient Greece. He is best known today for his odes to the victors of athletic contests, including those at famed Olympia. These odes, the only complete surviving pieces by Pindar, are marvels of sustained imagination, packed with dense parallels between the athletic victor, his illustrious aristocratic ancestors, and the myths of Olympian gods and heroes like Jason, Heracles, and Perseus. Those myths were the religious foundation for the athletic festivities. Pindar knew these athletes and their noble families, as he was a member of the nobility - he had a personal link to the traditions that were highly cherished by Dorian Greeks. Pindars renown as a poet was richly deserved, and he was extremely well paid for his work., Pindar was born in Boeotia around 518 B.C., and, a
