Soliciting darkness : Pindar, obscurity, and the classical tradition / John T. Hamilton.

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Main Author: Hamilton, John T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Dept. of Comparative Literature, 2003.
Series:Harvard studies in comparative literature ; 47.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-342) and index. 
505 0 |a pt. 1: Poetry life and war: Pindar and representations of resistance: Untimely citations -- Beneath the sign of Mars -- Ecce Philologus. pt. 2: Arts of Digression: Woven song -- Horace's apiary -- Reforming the Epinicia. pt. 3: Poetica Obscura: Between ancients and moderns -- Voices from within and without -- Poetics of obscurity -- The wanderer's song -- Foreign rhythms -- Remnants gone over. 
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