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Pindar: Victory OdesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics The Greek lyric poet Pindar is renowned for his poems celebrating the victories of athletes in the great games of Greece at Olympia, Delphi (the Pythian Games), Corinth (the Isthmian Games) and Nemea. Pindar's victory odes have the reputation of being complex and allusive in their language and reference. In this much needed commentary on seven of the extant odes, Professor Willcock aims to open up Pindar's poetry to

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