Gyász és öröm az epinikionban
Pindaros 8. isthmosi ódájához
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Pindar, epinician, Isthmian 8Abstract
This paper analyzes Pindar’s Eighth Isthmian Ode to explore the emotional ambivalence of the epinikion genre, particularly the interplay of grief and joy within the rhetorical structure of a victory ode. The analysis demonstrates how themes of mortality, transience, and memory pervade the celebratory voice, and how the epic tradition’s ritual and mythic frameworks shape the tone and structure of the ode. The poem, it is argued, does not simply exalt the victor but also offers consolation to a mourning community through the eternalization of
human excellence (aretē). In this sense, the victorious figure serves not only as a symbol of personal triumph but also as a bearer of collective meaning, rendered immortal through poetic remembrance.
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