(Shakespeare Head Press) Pindar's Odes of Victory: The Nemean and Isthmian Odes Author: Pindar Place Published: Stratford-Upon-Avon / Oxford Publisher: Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell Date Published: 1930 Description: xxiv, 193 pp. En-face edition with Greek on verso and English on recto. Translated with an introduction by C.J. Billson. Wood engravings by John Farleigh. (4to) 28.4x19 cm (11¼x7½"), original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed. No. 69 of 250 standard copies for sale in Britain. Considered one of the nine canonical poets of ancient Greece, Pindar celebrated the triumphs of the athletic victors at the four Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean, and Isthmian games. This volume collects the odes to the victors at the Nemean and Isthmian games. Condition: Uneven toning to paper covering boards, some soiling and dampstaining, paper label with small chip; mild soiling to a few leaves; very good or better. Item#: 356380 Headline: Shakespeare Head Press, Pindar Nemean Odes
(Shakespeare Head Press) Pindar's Odes of Victory: The Nemean and Isthmian Odes Author: Pindar Place Published: Stratford-Upon-Avon / Oxford Publisher: Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell Date Published: 1930 Description: xxiv, 193 pp. En-face edition with Greek on verso and English on recto. Translated with an introduction by C.J. Billson. Wood engravings by John Farleigh. (4to) 28.4x19 cm (11¼x7½"), original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed. No. 69 of 250 standard copies for sale in Britain. Considered one of the nine canonical poets of ancient Greece, Pindar celebrated the triumphs of the athletic victors at the four Panhellenic festivals: the Olympic, Pythian (at Delphi), Nemean, and Isthmian games. This volume collects the odes to the victors at the Nemean and Isthmian games. Condition: Uneven toning to paper covering boards, some soiling and dampstaining, paper label with small chip; mild soiling to a few leaves; very good or better. Item#: 356380 Headline: Shakespeare Head Press, Pindar Nemean Odes
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