Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Edited book | ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟΣ ΕΚΤΩΡ
Chapter | Apollon Pythien chez Pindare

Apollon Pythien chez Pindare

Abstract

Despite Pindar’s known close ties to the site of Delphi and its god, it is surprising to find only nine occurrences of the adjective Πύθιος in all of Pindar’s preserved work, and only one of the phrase Πύθιος ̓Απόλλων – in the Olympian odes moreover, and not in the Pythian, as one could have expected. This observation leads me to examine each of the uses of Πύθιος in Pindar, then to survey the other epithets with which the poet qualifies Apollo, before examining the situation of Olympian Zeus, Nemean Zeus and Isthmian Poseidon. I end with a quick review of Πύθιος in Bacchylides’ poems, in an attempt to determine more precisely Pindar’s possible originality regarding Pythian Apollo.


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Submitted: May 17, 2021 | Accepted: June 23, 2021 | Published Dec. 16, 2021 | Language: fr

Keywords Epithets • Pindar • Epicleseis • Poetry and religion • Pythian Apollo

Copyright © 2021 Nadine Le Meur. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-548-3/009


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