Odes of Victory

by Pindar

$750 · Offered by Ursus Books

PINDAR. The Olympian and Pythian Odes. With an introduction and a translation into English verse by C.J. Billson. xxiv , 297. Illustrated with wood-engravings by John Farleigh. 4to., bound in a new deluxe blue half morocco binding, red morocco spine label. Blackwell, 1928-1930. In these complex poems, Pindar commemorates the achievement of athletes and powerful rulers against the backdrop of divine

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