... ordinary nomenclature is not used in the victory odes of Pindar: in the poetics of his songmaking, the group is called kōmos ‘revel, reveling, band of revelers, occasion for reveling’, as here at I.8.3.
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Dekhesthai ‘to receive, to welcome’ is virtually a technical term in epinicians. It implies arrival and reception of a kōmos ‘revel, reveling, band of revelers’, which Pindar uses ...
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Isthmian 8.1-4
Gregory Nagy... ordinary nomenclature is not used in the victory odes of Pindar: in the poetics of his songmaking, the group is called kōmos ‘revel, reveling, band of revelers, occasion for reveling’, as here at I.8.3. Continue reading
O.5.3
Maša CulumovicDekhesthai ‘to receive, to welcome’ is virtually a technical term in epinicians. It implies arrival and reception of a kōmos ‘revel, reveling, band of revelers’, which Pindar uses ... Continue reading