{"product_id":"9780241241974","title":"9780241241974","description":"\u003cp\u003e'What Pindar catches is the joy beyond ordinary emotions as it transcends and transforms them' - C. M. Bowra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar (518-438 B. C.) was a controversial figure in fifth-century Greece - a conservative Boiotian aristocrat who studied in Athens and a writer on physical prowess whose interest in the Games was largely philosophical. Pindar's Epinician Odes - choral songs extolling victories in the Games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and Korinth - cover the whole spectrum of the Greek moral order, from earthly competition to fate and mythology. But in C. M. Bowra's clear translation his one central image stands out - the successful athlete transformed and transfigured by the power of the gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated with an introduction by C. M. Bowra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080408023280,"sku":"9780241241974","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241241974_p0.jpg?v=1763679180","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241241974","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}