Pindar and Greek religion

• Verfasst von: Eisenfeld, Hanne [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Pindar and Greek religion
• Titelzusatz: theologies of mortality in the Victory Odes
• Verf.angabe: Hanne Eisenfeld, Boston College, Massachusetts
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: xv, 277 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index ; Interessenniveau: 01, General/trade: For a non-specialist adult audience. (01)
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83119-2
• ISBN: 978-1-108-92643-0
• DOI: doi:10.1017/9781108923507
• Schlagwörter: (t)Pindarus / Olympia / (s)Mythologie / (s)Religion / (s)Sterblichkeit
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Eisenfeld, Hanne: Pindar and Greek religion. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022 |(DLC)2022003224
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Eisenfeld, Hanne: Pindar and Greek religion. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022. - 1 online resource (xv, 277 pages)
• RVK-Notation: FH 22180
• Sach-SW: LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
• Sach-SW: Geschichte der Religion
• Sach-SW: History of religion
• Sach-SW: History: earliest times to present day
• Sach-SW: Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
• Sach-SW: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
• Sach-SW: Literaturwissenschaft: Antike und Mittelalter
• Sach-SW: Philosophy of religion
• Sach-SW: Religionsphilosophie
• K10plus-PPN: 1795037199

Abstract

Pindar mythologus and theologus -- Herakles looks back at the world -- The Dioskouroi in existential crisis -- Exaltation at Akragas : Herakles, the Dioskouroi, and Theron -- The isolation of Amphiaraos -- Asklepios and the limits of the possible -- An invitation.

Abstract

"This book recontexualizes Pindar's victory songs within the lived religious landscapes of the fifth century in order to demonstrate their theological force. Focusing on a set of mythical figures whose identities blur the boundaries between mortality and immortality (Herakles, the Dioskouroi, Amphiaraos, and Asklepios), it offers a new interpretation of the value of immortality in the epinician corpus. It demonstrates that epinician depictions of gods and heroes activate a world in which both the immortality of the gods and the mortality of humans constitute real and meaningful modes of existence, and shows that Pindar manipulates the ambiguous position of his boundary-blurring figures in a way which reasserts the categorical distinction between them. Pindar's depiction of these figures depends on an engagement with the identity of each figure in the lived experiences of his audiences and results in a contribution to-or even an alteration of-those shared conceptions. Through a series of case studies, each devoted to close reading of a single victory song, the book demonstrates how Pindar's depictions of these "in-between" figures responds to and shapes contemporary religious experience and revalues mortality as a prerequisite for the glory found in victory"--

Abstract

Pindar's victory songs teem with divinity. By exploring them within the lived religious landscapes of the fifth century BCE, Hanne Eisenfeld demonstrates that they are in fact engaged in theological work. Focusing on a set of mythical figures whose identities blur the boundaries between mortality and immortality (Herakles, the Dioskouroi, Amphiaraos, and Asklepios), she newly interprets the value of immortality in the epinician corpus. Pindar's depiction of these figures responds to and shapes contemporary religious experience and revalues mortality as a prerequisite for the glory found in victory. The book combines close reading and philological analysis with religious historical approaches to Pindar's songs and his world. It highlights the inextricability of Greek literature and Greek religion, and models a novel approach to Greek lyric poetry at the intersection of these fields