Pindar's odes

E27816
ancient Greek literature lyric poetry collection

Pindar's odes are a collection of ancient Greek lyric poems, especially victory songs, renowned for their complex style, mythological allusions, and celebration of athletic triumphs.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Isthmian Odes 1
Nemean Odes 1
Olympian Odes 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek literature ⓘ
lyric poetry collection ⓘ
associatedDeities Apollo ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
other Olympian gods ⓘ
canonicalStatus major work of Greek lyric canon ⓘ
creator Pindar ⓘ
culturalRole celebration of civic prestige ⓘ
commemoration of individual achievement ⓘ
genre choral lyric ⓘ
epinician ode ⓘ
influenced English Pindaric ode tradition ⓘ
Renaissance poetry ⓘ
Roman lyric poetry ⓘ
intendedPerformance accompanied by music ⓘ
sung by chorus ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm strophe-antistrophe-epode triads ⓘ
literaryReputation renowned for difficulty of interpretation ⓘ
literaryTradition Greek lyric poetry ⓘ
mainTheme aristocratic values ⓘ
athletic victory ⓘ
mythological exempla ⓘ
praise of athletes ⓘ
meter complex lyric meters ⓘ
performanceContext Isthmian Games ⓘ
Nemean Games ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ
Panhellenic Games ⓘ
surface form: Panhellenic games

Pythian Games ⓘ
philosophicalElement reflection on fortune and fate ⓘ
reflection on human limits ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
preservation medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
styleCharacteristic complex syntax ⓘ
dense metaphor ⓘ
elaborate metrical structure ⓘ
gnomic statements ⓘ
mythological allusion ⓘ
subcollection Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Isthmian Odes

Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nemean Odes

Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Olympian Odes

Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pythian Odes
subjectMatter athletic contests ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ
praise of patrons ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jason → appearsIn → Pindar's odes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pindar’s odes
Themis → appearsIn → Pindar's odes ⓘ
Moirae → describedIn → Pindar's odes ⓘ
Deucalion → mentionedIn → Pindar's odes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pindar's writings
Elysium → mentionedIn → Pindar's odes ⓘ
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca → relatedWork → Pindar's odes ⓘ
Aristaeus → source → Pindar's odes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pindar's Pythian Odes
Pindar's odes → subcollection → Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olympian Odes
Pindar's odes → subcollection → Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pythian Odes
Pindar's odes → subcollection → Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nemean Odes
Pindar's odes → subcollection → Pindar's odes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isthmian Odes