Pindar

inspire, celebrate, and explore. This ranges from odes written by Pindar a classical poet from ancient Greece to odes written in the 19th and 20th century by female poets such as Emily Brontë and Sylvia Plath. The ode is first and foremost a poem that consists of a subject or object being addressed by a narrator; usually the poet themselves. The imperative ‘must’ in the question suggests that the grandness of the ode is necessary for it to be considered an ode and connotations of the word ‘grand’ propose that the ode must endure a feeling of magnificence, spectacle, and importance. Walker’s quote ‘We have constantly looked high, when we should have looked high – and low’ demonstrates…

Hegel begins by describing poetry as a form that manifests ideas into concrete actuality, rather than abstract feeling (p. 960). From the inner imagination comes the formation of material in poetry–but this material is not made poetic by being harboured in ideas, but that it is being harboured in an artistic imagination. Here, Hegel defines the artistic imagination as to keep the abstract universality of thought separate from the sensuously concrete objects. Poetry employs language as an…

Compare or contrast how Bronte and Dunbar use form, language and symbolism to present a theme in their respective poems. Emily Brontë was born in Yorkshire, England on July 30th, 1818 (Benvenuto). Brontë grew up in a very strong Catholic home (Benvenuto). She was known to be very reclusive and mostly kept to herself. Brontë lived in the Romantic period, often in these times nature would resemble perfection (Benvenuto). Most often, Emily Brontë 's pieces reflect mostly on her agoraphobic…

Over 40 odes were written by Pindar. Each dedicated to victors of Olympic, Nemean, Isthmian, and Pythian games. Each one is unique in style and subject. What makes his ode’s unique, though? Pindar would compare the victor and a character from a well-known mythology. The comparisons would vary with each victor. The only time these epics would differ from the normal is the odes dedicated to charioteers. Only one of the odes dedicated to a chariot-race victor focuses on the rider that won. In…

Pindar’s time achieved great honor and respect during competition through epinikia (Kyle 194). The athletes Pindar wrote about in poetic song understood the importance of piety with regard to how they prepared for a competition in order to become the victor (195).…

There were numerous Sports that were involved in the Ancient Olympics, events such as Boxing, Chariot racing, the Pentathlon, Running and Wrestling (Ancient Olympic Events - Perseus Project) The previously mentioned Ancient writer Pindar also lists the sports that he saw took place at one of the Olympics he watched as well as the victors of each event: “In the foot-race down the straight course of the stadion was Likymnios' son Oionos first… in the wrestling was Tegea glorified by Echemos:…

battles and labors as the Greek one, yet the Greek myths are looked at with different perspective and different plot lines. For instance, the Greek play “Heracles” by Euripides and the Roman play “Hercules Furens” by Seneca both discuss the myth of Hercules’ madness but they are both done so in a way that the playwright highlights certain details thus changing the core themes in the plays all together. The theme of friendship is more evident in “Heracles” because of Theseus’ large role towards…

setting up the norms for the entire World. In Greek histories, poetry, ceramics, teracotta and literary works, a lot of homosexual accounts have been found to exist. According to Classical Philosophers (480 BCE), the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is an classic example of same-sex love in Greek Mythology ( Crompton, 2003, p 2). In Homer’s epic Iliad, Achilles reaction to Patroclus death is connoted of the homosexual relationship between them (Pattanaik, 2014, p 19). Plato too, in…

Besides Pan’s popularity thriving among the lower class, Pan proceeded as one of the prized gods for various early philosophers and historians of that time. Men such as Plato, (428-427 B.C.) wholeheartedly delivers a prayer by Socrates, (469-399 B.C., Plato was a student of his) that praises the goat god, “Kindly Pan, and you other gods,” referencing Pan as the highest god; also, Plato hailed him as, “O great Pan, or great all.” One could say that Pan persisted as the great god of lust for the…

Alexander murdered tens of thousands of people and conquered ample amounts of land. Alexander was the son of Philip II, The king of Macedonia. After Philip II was assassinated in 336 BC Alexander took over when he was only 20 years old. Before being the ruler of Macedonia he was a war leader at the age of 16. The Great Alexander was a villain because of the fact that he annihilated cities, killed thousands of people, and started many wars. Alexander destroyed and conquered umpteen cities…