Buy new:
$30.00
FREE delivery Thursday, May 16 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Ships from: Amazon.com
Sold by: Amazon.com
$30.00
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns
FREE delivery Thursday, May 16 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Or fastest delivery Wednesday, May 15. Order within 17 hrs 49 mins
Only 15 left in stock (more on the way).
$$30.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$30.00
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon.com
Ships from
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Returns
30-day easy returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
$23.95
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns
FREE delivery Thursday, May 16 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Or fastest delivery Wednesday, May 15. Order within 17 hrs 49 mins
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
$$30.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$30.00
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Pindar II: Nemean Odes, Isthmian Odes, Fragments. (Loeb Classical Library No. 485) (English and Greek Edition) Hardcover – April 15, 1997

Greek Edition by Pindar (Author), William H. Race (Translator)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$30.00","priceAmount":30.00,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"30","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"00","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"awn9lmqNxAAe65dcBCZr8fPJmmvmWAUGpWjRMDTCuBR6JMI0jWNMjtCp7TjXkXSSrjOteObKdaPfApEQm2O67Ti6jeXhEOMw7llgsUBMD6nzoPRgz0EWrVHIqlIQKmQbd7VOIWxhwi8%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$23.95","priceAmount":23.95,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"23","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"95","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"awn9lmqNxAAe65dcBCZr8fPJmmvmWAUG59XwKw1gpK80zWmg5I1AGUPFr97T08duWUWVSATcz5vngNgzQ%2BnJsc3gvyd8%2FRgBCmE8PZAayzCxtbWJARWzgjp%2BRkI66WWQ6AxIJgtptEX%2Fzs45u3cLN2D1g7TbD4gfXkreUdeGCUqvhMF92eraITtgxRxvN4Po","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

The preeminent lyric poet of ancient Greece.

Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518–438 BC) was “by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration” in Quintilian’s view; Horace judged him “sure to win Apollo’s laurels.” The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. Most of the Greek lyric poets come down to us only in bits and pieces, but nearly a quarter of Pindar’s poems survive complete. William H. Race now brings us, in two volumes, a new edition and translation of the four books of victory odes, along with surviving fragments of Pindar’s other poems.

Like Simonides and Bacchylides, Pindar wrote elaborate odes in honor of prize-winning athletes for public performance by singers, dancers, and musicians. His forty-five victory odes celebrate triumphs in athletic contests at the four great Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean, and Isthmian games. In these complex poems, Pindar commemorates the achievement of athletes and powerful rulers against the backdrop of divine favor, human failure, heroic legend, and the moral ideals of aristocratic Greek society. Readers have long savored them for their rich poetic language and imagery, moral maxims, and vivid portrayals of sacred myths.

Race provides brief introductions to each ode and full explanatory footnotes, offering the reader invaluable guidance to these often difficult poems. His Loeb Pindar also contains a helpfully annotated edition and translation of significant fragments, including hymns, paeans, dithyrambs, maiden songs, and dirges.

Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. Print length
    446 pages
  2. Language
    English, Greek
  3. Publisher
    Harvard University Press
  4. Publication date
    April 15, 1997
  5. Dimensions
    4.25 x 1 x 6.37 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0674995341
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0674995345
  8. See all details
Next page
Layla
"Layla" by Colleen Hoover for $7.19
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover comes a novel that explores life after tragedy and the enduring spirit of love. | Learn more

Frequently bought together

Pindar II: Nemean Odes, Isthmian Odes, Fragments. (Loeb Classical Library No. 485) (English and Greek Edition)
$30.00
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
Only 15 left in stock (more on the way).
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Pindar I: Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes (Loeb Classical Library) (English and Greek Edition)
$30.00
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Greek Lyric: Sappho and Alcaeus (Loeb Classical Library No. 142) (Volume I)
$30.00
Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16
Only 18 left in stock (more on the way).
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Details
Added to Cart
Some of these items ship sooner than the others.
Show details Hide details
Choose items to buy together.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“[A] translation which is modern, accurate, streamlined, and comprehensible… [which preserves], with a surprising degree of success, a sense of Pindar’s artful word order… He may well have produced the best text available… In many respects Race’s edition of the fragments will be even more useful than Snell-Maehler… A landmark contribution.”―Thomas K. Hubbard, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

“This excellent Loeb edition of Pindar supersedes the antiquated volume edited by Sandys in 1915. Its most notable feature is clarity: the Greek typeface is a pleasure to read; the translations are crisp and accurate… plentiful notes both explain Pindar’s recherché allusions and bring out how more than one interpretation of the text is often possible… This edition will be of lasting value.”―Stephen Instone, Classical Review

“Race succeeds admirably in furnishing the text and translation with a concise and helpful introduction, thereby elucidating the social and literary background of the poems that follow. Each poem is also accompanied by a succinct introduction and summary. The accompanying index and genealogies are invaluable study aids for students of myth from the primary sources. Most importantly, Race has achieved his aim of creating a readable translation which follows the familiar Loeb format―a feat of considerable ingenuity in the case of Pindar… Race devotes a significant portion of his introduction to a crisp and detailed analysis of the epinikian genre. Technical issues in Pindar’s composition of the Odes are equally effectively dealt with… Undergraduates tackling the complexities of this author for the first time will clearly find this volume essential. The more mature devotee will also benefit, thanks to the user-friendly scholarship of these volumes, from a day or two at the races with Race.”―John Weeds, Joint Association of Classical Teachers Review

About the Author

William H. Race is Paddison Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press; Annotated edition (April 15, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, Greek
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 446 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674995341
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674995345
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1 x 6.37 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
13 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

JZ
5.0 out of 5 stars The best place to start reading Pindar
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2017
Verified Purchase
Race's 2 volume loeb set is a most useful tool for any reader of Pindar. The introduction in Vol. 1 is clear, concise, and gives a decent overview of the textual transmission. Race also gives a good summary of some Epinician conventions to facilitate Pindar's highly artificial language.
Each ode gets some brief introductory comments as regards date of composition, summary of contents, and theme of the poem, which is immensely helpful when trying to set these occasional poems in their context(s).
The translations are neither too literal nor too lose, and will surely be useful to a first-time undergraduate reader, as well as any graduate student. The real standout are the translations of the fragments in Vol. 2, of which Paean 6 is the finest example.
6 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Robin Fletcher
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ODES; GOOD TRANSLATION:
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2013
Verified Purchase
These are great odes with a good translation. I highly recommend this scholarly edition of these immortal classics of world literature.
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Gerard J Rauluk
5.0 out of 5 stars Always a great read, and the Loeb editions are still an amazing bargain
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2015
Verified Purchase
Great book, delivered quickly and packaged carefully.
Helpful
 Report
G M T Brosius
4.0 out of 5 stars Understanding Tributes to Heroic Greeks...
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017
Verified Purchase
A remarkable 6th & 5th bc century greek poet whom weaves stories of heroic characters and historical legends by illustrating them in honorary tributes from the sporting games of Nemea & Isthmus. This is Loeb's second volume and it also includes stylistic prose, which are categorized as Hymns, Paens, Dithyrambs, Encomia and Dirges within the Fragments that were found as part of the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus scrolls in Egypt. These tributes are based upon the 4 virtues of wisdom, self-control, courage and justice. Pindar allows us nearly 2,400 years later to understand the struggle and turmoil that each tribute has undergone in order to be remembered eternally, to receive the good graces of the gods and to bring glory to his soul. In the Paens, it is of great interest that Pindar uses a word (symbol) to express citizens endearment to Apollo. Ie, Ie!! As other religions also use similar endearing terms to cry out to a God of healer and protector i wonder if in some way it could be correlated? For example: Aldonai, Aldonai? As Zeus has been determined to be an Eastern God, which was picked up many centuries prior, by the Hellenes.. Could a religious deity such as Apollo been interpreted from the Dark Ages and the Bronze Age of a previous culture? Could such endearment terms in admiration of a God, simply be related? It is an interesting question to consider. Finally, Pindar's association with Socrates death of 399 b.c., is another interesting historical evidence in how Pindar's poetry was used in Stoicism and later used as a defense in Socrates meetings with the youth during the 5th century bc.
4 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
W. Pickering
1.0 out of 5 stars cheezy glued binding in vol. II
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019
Verified Purchase
I ordered new copies of vol. I and II of this set. Vol. I had a nicely sewn binding, but vol. II was glue bound, like a paperback but with hard covers stuck on it. I am returning vol. II and will look for an older copy.
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report