Pindar's odes

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Pindar's odes are a collection of ancient Greek lyric poems, especially victory songs, renowned for their complex style, mythological allusions, and celebration of athletic triumphs.

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instanceOf ancient Greek literature ⓘ
lyric poetry collection ⓘ
associatedDeities Apollo ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
other Olympian gods ⓘ
canonicalStatus major work of Greek lyric canon ⓘ
creator Pindar ⓘ
culturalRole celebration of civic prestige ⓘ
commemoration of individual achievement ⓘ
genre choral lyric ⓘ
epinician ode ⓘ
influenced English Pindaric ode tradition ⓘ
Renaissance poetry ⓘ
Roman lyric poetry ⓘ
intendedPerformance accompanied by music ⓘ
sung by chorus ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm strophe-antistrophe-epode triads ⓘ
literaryReputation renowned for difficulty of interpretation ⓘ
literaryTradition Greek lyric poetry ⓘ
mainTheme aristocratic values ⓘ
athletic victory ⓘ
mythological exempla ⓘ
praise of athletes ⓘ
meter complex lyric meters ⓘ
performanceContext Isthmian Games ⓘ
Nemean Games ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ
Panhellenic games ⓘ
linked to: Panhellenic Games

Pythian Games ⓘ
philosophicalElement reflection on fortune and fate ⓘ
reflection on human limits ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
preservation medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
styleCharacteristic complex syntax ⓘ
dense metaphor ⓘ
elaborate metrical structure ⓘ
gnomic statements ⓘ
mythological allusion ⓘ
subcollection Isthmian Odes ⓘ
linked to: Pindar's odes

Nemean Odes ⓘ
linked to: Pindar's odes

Olympian Odes ⓘ
linked to: Pindar's odes

Pythian Odes ⓘ
linked to: Pindar's odes
subjectMatter athletic contests ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ
praise of patrons ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ

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