Based on the Pindaric writings, the Pindaric poems are the product of a performance tradition that stretches back to the period of Indo-European community, the 3rd Millennium BCE. Breaking from …
Based on the Pindaric writings, the Pindaric poems are the product of a performance tradition that stretches back to the period of Indo-European community, the 3rd Millennium BCE. Breaking from conventional Pindar research, our approach to Pindaric diction is profoundly anthropological and, if we can help it, never judgmental
Olympian 5 is one of the few Pindaric odes that lack a mythical narrative. The focus, instead, is on the victor himself and on his role in the resettlement of his hometown of Kamarina. The ode refers also to other benefactions credited to the victor, especially the glory of two Olympic victories that made his homeland famous.- Maša Culumovic on Olympian 5.1-24