Friedrich Enno: Praise poetry in distress? : melancholy and criticism in Pindar’s Isthmian 7. In: Sapiens ubique civis, (2). pp. 9-43. (2021)
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Abstract
I am revisiting the old interpretation of Isthmian 7 by A. Boeckh as a melancholy piece and its refutation by D. C. Young. Three passages of Isthmian 7 are analysed and it is found that there is good reason to hold on to Boeckh’s idea of melancholy. In the following, I am asking what premises could give a unified picture of the ode that we have, and I offer two possibilities: either the ode was presented under conditions of crisis for a victory in sports – a personal crisis of Strepsiades and his family or of the nation of Thebes – and therefore had to be a vindication of the victor rather than praise, or the role of the victor’s uncle has been misunderstood in the past and he is not only a fallen warrior but also a cult hero, like B. Currie has suggested, changing our understanding of the ode gravely.
Item Type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Sapiens ubique civis |
Date: | 2021 |
Volume: | 2 |
ISSN: | 2732-317X |
Page Range: | pp. 9-43 |
Language: | English |
Publisher: | University of Szeged |
Place of Publication: | Szeged |
Event Title: | Sapiens ubique civis (7.) (2019) (Szeged) |
Related URLs: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/74682/ |
DOI: | 10.14232/suc.2021.2.9-43 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Görög irodalom - költészet, Klasszika-filológia |
Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 37-39. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature |
Date Deposited: | 2022. Apr. 01. 13:11 |
Last Modified: | 2022. Apr. 01. 13:11 |
URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/74861 |
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