Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. Fragments by Pindar Hardback Book 9780674995345

Pindar ca 518438 BC esteemed lyric poet commemorates in complex verse the achievements of athletes and powerful rulers at the four great Panhellenic festivalsthe Olympic Pythian Nemean and Isthmian gamesagainst a backdrop of divine favor human failure heroic legend and aristocratic ambition