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Pindar the pious poet
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Pindar the pious poet
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prayer and its significance in Pindar's epinician odes
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Baxter
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Kristen N.
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1983-
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Kristen Baxter
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Timothy Power
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Tom
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Emily
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Emily Allen-Hornblower
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Stamatopolou
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Zoe
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Zoe Stamatopolou
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2012
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2012-05
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eng
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Scholars studying Pindar’s epinician odes have often focused on the relationship of the victor with his family, his community, and the poet. The odes have even been labeled secular poems because of this perceived emphasis on mortal parties. An athletic victory is a moment of divine favor, however, and Pindar’s epinician odes deal with the relationship between the victor and his gods. The victor has received favor from the gods in the form of his victory, and now must discharge his debt to the gods through praise and thanks. He may then reassess his relationship with the gods, and attempt to secure future favors from them. Pindar uses the epinician performance as a medium in which to mediate this interaction. Prayers act as a nexus of communication between men and the gods. By studying the prayers of five of Pindar’s epinician odes (Pythian 8, Isthmian 6, Nemean 9, and Olympian 13), I show how Pindar uses his position as an aoidos, an intermediary between men and gods, to facilitate communication between them. Acting on behalf of the victor, Pindar frequently calls the gods to attention and reminds them of their previous relationship with the victor, especially the previous victories they have bestowed on him. He also assures the gods that the victor embraces the positive qualities that make him a worthy candidate for further favor, as he shows the gods that the victor will offer the gods their due of thanks for success, and that the victor will not attempt to transgress the limits the gods have set on mortal men. At the same time, Pindar acts on behalf of the gods by reminding the victor of those very conditions that accompany their divine favor. These elements are woven together neatly into the larger structure of the odes, and allow Pindar, and the victor, to feel hopeful that the gods will continue to show favor to the victor, his family, and his community in the future. The epinician ode is a numinous moment when communication between men and gods is possible, and Pindar takes care to facilitate these negotiations.
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Classics
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Laudatory poetry, Greek--History and criticism
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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vii, 223 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Kristen N. Baxter
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Pindar
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Odes, Greek--History and criticism
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3125RKQ
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ETD doctoral
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Kristen
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2012-04-12 13:16:57
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Kristen Baxter
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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