How Long to Read Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes

How Long Does it Take to Read Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 11 minutes to read Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes by Virginia M. Lewis

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Description

Myth, Locality, and Identity argues that Pindar engages in a striking, innovative style of mythmaking that represents and shapes Sicilian identities in his epinician odes for Sicilian victors in the fifth century BCE. While Sicily has been thought to be lacking in local traditions for Pindar to celebrate, Lewis argues that the Sicilian odes offer examples of the formation of local traditions: the monster Typho whom Zeus defeated to become king of the gods, for example, now lives beneath Mt. Aitna; Persephone receives the island of Sicily as a gift from Zeus; and the Peloponnesian river Alpheos travels to Syracuse in pursuit of the local spring nymph Arethusa. By weaving regional and Panhellenic myth into the local landscape, as the book shows, Pindar infuses physical places with meaning and thereby contextualizes people, cities, and their rulers within a wider Greek framework. During this time period, Greek Sicily experienced a unique set of political circumstances: the inhabitants were continuously being displaced, cities were founded and resettled, and political leaders rose and fell from power in rapid succession. This book offers the first sustained analysis of myth in Pindar's odes for Sicilian victors across the island that accounts for their shared context. The nodes of myth and place that Pindar fuses in this poetry reinforce and develop a sense of place and community for citizens locally; at the same time, they raise the profile of physical sites and the cities attached to them for larger audiences across the Greek world. In addition to providing new readings of Pindaric odes and offering a model for the formation of Sicilian identities in the first half of the fifth century, the book contributes new insights into current debates on the relationship between myth and place in classical literature.

How long is Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes?

Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes by Virginia M. Lewis is 305 pages long, and a total of 77,775 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes aloud.

What Reading Level is Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes?

Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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