7 - ΠΙΝΔΑΡΟΥ: ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ, ΝΕΜΕΑ, ΙΣΘΜΙΑ - PINDARI: OLYMPIA, NEMEA, ISTHMIA. FRANKFURT, 1542

ΠΙΝΔΑΡΟΥ: ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ, ΝΕΜΕΑ, ΙΣΘΜΙΑ - PINDARI: OLYMPIA, NEMEA, ISTHMIA. FRANKFURT, 1542 Third edition of Pindarus works, in large 4to, contemporary vellum soiled, title printed in red and black within a woodcut border, a fine 16th century title page, all text only in Greek, complete: 370, {15} pages, some contemporary marginal annotations in Greek and Latin in the front pages, text clean and bright, overall in very good plus condition. A very influential early edition of Pindarus works. Pindarus has always been regarded as one of the most demanding, enigmatic and dense poets of antiquity. This particular edition made his work accessible to scholars and humanists as the ancient Greek texts are heavily annotated and accompanied for the very first time with ancient scholia with valuable historical and mythological commentaries that helped decode Pindar's complex allusions to Greek mythology and athletic games. An artistic publication featuring black and red ink, Renaissance woodcuts and a mastery of Greek Font.