A REMÉNYEK TEKINTETE - MEGJEGYZÉSEK PINDAROS 5. ISTHMOSI ÓDÁJÁNAK 56—58. SORÁHOZ
The Look of Hopes -Notes to 56-58 Row of 5th Isthmus-Ode by Pindar

Summary/Abstract: The I. 5. 56—58 is one of the few highly controversial cruxes in Pindar, though it may be an interpretative and not a textual one. The kernel of the ambiguity is in the expression ( ). After examining the various interpretations my paper analyses the concept underlying the rare and quaint word ( ) from Homer on, which turns out to be a strong visual metaphor in Pindar as well. My reading of the passage: nec labor ingens occaecatus est, nec tot sumptus, qui aciem spei excitaverunt is examined within the context of the poem, and the relevance of the keen visual metaphor prevalent in Pindar’s whole poetry, is elucidated.

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