Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina

This book consists of individual studies of Pindar''s eleven odes for Aiginetan victors, preceded by a brief survey of the history of the island and the nature of its aristocracy. Anne Pippin Burnett''s discussion is particularly attentive to questions of mythic self-presentation, as exemplified in the pedimental sculptures of the Aphaia Temple and the parallel `narrative'' sections of the odes. T...