Pindar

Is it Catullus' own irony coming to light here in the invocation of concordia, which will be all-too-absent from the marriage, or is it ironic prophecy on the part of the Parcae? It is hard to imagine the latter, given the triple reference we have already seen to their truth, and the refrain’s reminder that they are not just foretelling the events they sing of, but actively spinning them right then and there. Why go to such great lengths to highlight the truth of their song, only to have them…

games they did so for the glory of the gods not for selfish gains. We can see more of this in Rome with the gladiators and how it was more for the audience and coin and not so much religious influence. Although poems where written from artist like Pindar the early games where not center around accolades, but more around the victors glory they received from the gods. (1) Even dying in the games was considering a good thing as long as it was a just death. Much like battle if an athlete was…

After the fallen angels developed their presence on earth, a land where the goat creature Azazel’s/Satan’s strong existence erupts occurs in the vase country of Egypt; where historians profess that Egyptian’s religion exist as undoubtedly phallic. This presence accelerates the religion of lust by duplicating numerous spin-off goat/ram headed gods; specifically, one particular goat god that exploits orgiastic worship transpires as Pan that dates back beyond the beginning of recorded history.…

Gothic, Romantic, and Tragic, Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein affords the reader a more modern twist on the age old lessons which Hesiod, Homer, Pindar, Pythagoras, and even Aeschylus endeavored to impart on the masses of their respected eras. In short time, Shelly’s audience likely grasps that foremost symbols exist to be Fire and Light, in the midst of a primary theme lingering as Dangerous Knowledge…

Using this concept, and quoting Pindar along the way, Socrates defines color as "An effluvium from shapes which fits the sight and is perceived." The main contrast highlighted here is between Socrates ' simple, direct account and the "Theatrical" accounts of Gorgias and the Sophists. In…

The article by Judith Barringer, “The Temple of Zeus, Heroes, and Athletes,” explores alternate theories to the meaning of the scenes on the pediments of the Temple of Zeus, built ca. 470-456 BC. Each pediment displays different heroes and myths for the Olympian athletes to view before competition. Most scholars believe that the pediments are statements concerning hubris or dike, ethos, and arete. Barringer presents the ideas that the pediments are to inspire the athletes participating in the…

successful and influential to today’s society. The Great poet started his humble beginning in Smyrna, Turkey in central Asia Minor in 800 BC. Due to many however, Geoffrey Kirk said “Although Ionia and Chios early began competing for the honor (the poet Pindar, early in the 5th century BC, associated Homer with both), and others joined in”. He was thought to…

The relationship between the people of ancient Greece and their Gods is often a complicated one, man recurrently feeling at odds with their many fickle Gods, who can be struggling with dilemmas and agendas of their own. In literature we often look for conflicts to be Man vs Nature or Man vs Man, however much of Greek literature is influenced by the relationship between themselves and their Gods establishing a far more intricate conflict premise of God vs God vs Man. In H POEM we learn about…

ancient Greece; their special characteristics make them different from other forms of poetry. Ancient Greeks were known for their inventive skills in Art, philosophy and music. Music was a part of their tradition and this helped the development of odes. Pindar was a lyric poet who wrote choral poems in a specific format. These types of poems became known as Odes and more specifically Pindaric Odes. The structure of the Pindaric ode starts off with a strophe followed by an antistrophe and ends…

The Olympic Games have always been a popular event around the world. Even in the ancient world, spectators from different parts of Greece would travel to Olympia to watch the games. Considering the spectators’ reasons for attending the event and what they got out of the games, the sporting aspect, the cultural and religious aspect and also the aspect of practicality, I agree that the ancient spectators’ experience of the Olympic Games was different from that of a modern spectator, but I would…