| Description |
x, 230 p. |
| Series |
Mnemosyne bibliotheca classica Batava, 0169-8958 ; v. 285 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 285.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Gnomai as a source of cosmological reflection -- The nature of gnomai according to modern scholarship -- Ancient thinking on gnomai -- The "true point" of gnomai -- The gnomic expression of cosmology in Pindar -- Definitions and assumptions -- The elemental forces : fate, God, nature and man -- The human condition -- Man in society -- Cosmology in action : an analysis of selected odes -- Olympian 12 : an immigrant and his adopted city -- Isthmian 4 : creating for an ill-favoured victor -- Olympian 13 : praising an ambitious family -- The poet as mediator of cosmology -- Isthmian 4 : the poet modifies a cosmological premise -- Olympian 13 : the poet demonstrates cosmological principles -- Cosmology and the poet in short odes -- Olympian 9 and Nemean 3 : the poet assumes different attitudes to a central cosmological tenet. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Pindar -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Cosmology, Ancient, in literature.
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Praise in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004158481 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004158480 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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