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Publication of this volume was generously sponsored by the HKBU Jao Tsung-I Academy of SinologyâAmway Development Fund.
This book was produced in the framework of the project The Lords of the Rings: A Comparative Lens on Ring-Compositions of Greek Lyric Poetry (MSCAâ¯0000083-project LORACOLA) funded through the program âNEXT Generation EU, NRRP M4C2â (CUP C61B 22002760001).
Cover illustration: Details from Cycladic pithos, ca. 660 BCE, catalogue nr. CA 795, Musée du Louvre, Paris / Photograph: Laura Massetti
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Names: Massetti, Laura, author.
Title: Pindar's Pythian twelve : a linguistic commentary and a comparative study / Laura Massetti.
Other titles: Ancient languages and civilizations ; 6.
Description: Boston : Brill, 2024. | Series: Ancient languages and civilizations, 2667-3770 ; 6 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024006172 (print) | LCCN 2024006173 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004688070 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004694132 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Pindar. Pythian odes. 12. | PindarâCriticism and interpretation.
Classification: LCC PA4274.P5 M37 2024 (print) | LCC PA4274.P5 (ebook) | DDC 821/.914âdc23/eng/20240325
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ISSN 2667-3770
ISBN 978-90-04-68807-0 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-69413-2 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004694132
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