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Pindar (c. 522-c. 440 BC)
Odes of Pindar : with several other pieces in prose and verse translated from the Greek / by Gilbert West. 1749
26.1 x 4.2 x 21.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1051422
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Pindar is regarded as one of the finest lyric poets of Ancient Greece and his odes provide an insight into religious beliefs in late-Archaic and early-Classical Greece (6th–5th century BC). These odes were written to extol the virtues of the victorious athletes at the games of the Panhellenic festivals at Olympia, Delphi, Corinth and Nemea.
Provenance
From the library of George III at Windsor
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Measurements
26.1 x 4.2 x 21.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))
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ESTC : English Short Title Catalogue Citation Number – ESTC T135986
