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General Index GENERAL INDEX Ahas: 539. 2 (see further: thearos); local Abbruchiformel. See: break off. Aeginetan games: 79-81, 169-70; 'Ablative' expression referring to the Delphinian games: 80-1, 169-70, place where the victory was won: 174-5, 442, 552-4; Heraea: 170, 169-70, 50 I. See further -0ev in the 445, 447, 578; the nymph Aegina: Index of Greek Words. 110, 121, 248, 600. For Aegina's Absolute genitive. See: genitive relation with Athens: see Athens. absolute. Aeolian mode: 408-9. 'Abstract'. See: narrative technique. Aesthetic admiration for Pi.'s poetry: Acastus. See: Peleus. vi; as an influence on Pindaric criti­ Achilles. His childhood: 211-3, 335, cism: 1-2, 6-7. 337-51; before Troy: 207, 208, 211- Aetna. See: Etna. 6, 230, 360-70. Age. Athletic age categories: 105, 173, Actio: 151-2, 161 149, 530. 175, 197, 21639, 284,386, 515-6, Adjective derived from proper name: 586, 662; ages associated with 499-500. specific ape·mi: 643-5; See also: Adrastus: 436, 438-40, 452, 525-6, 'puer-senex' motif. 534-9. Aktionsart. See: actio. Aeacids. Presented as Aeginetan ances­ Alcmaeon. Son of Amphiaraus: 436- tors: 80, 86, 109, 204, 224-5, 372, 41, 44756 , 448,452, 523-6, 529, 434-5, 507, 610; mentioned in every 532-4, 540-9. Aeginetan ode: 109, 307-8, 435, Alliteration. See: sound effect. 436; their strength is proverbial: Amazons: 209, 321-2. I 09; cf. 506. See further: Achilles, Ambiguity. See: polyinterpretability. Peleus, Phocus, Telamon. Amphiaraeon: 542-4, 547. Aeacus. Hosting Greek envoys: 63, Amphiaraus: 436-41, 452, 523-46. I I 3-4, 192; his shrine in Aegina: 8 15, Anaphora: 479. 84, 11338, 191-2; mentioned in every Anthropological approaches to Pi.: I 1- Aeginetan ode: 109, 307-8; emblem 2,584. of oucmocuvri 435, 505. Aorist tense. See: aspect, past tense. Aegae: 163. 'A1to lCOlVOU construction: 378, 590. Aegialeus. Son of Adrastus: 436, 438, Apollo. God of Music: 442, 559; 452, 526, 534, 537-9. Musagetes: 71, 138-41; plays the Aegina. Dorian: 246-7, 502; called phorminx: 138; or the lyre: 550-1; Oenona or Oenopia: I 2 I, 248; patron of the Pythian Games: 427, naval supremacy: 62-3, 77, 102, 434, 441, 442, 497-8, 501-2, 550, 111, 112, 228, 451; piratry: 59-60, 552, 577; killed Porphyrion: 427, 102; importance of xenia: 62-88, 434, 441, 488, 490, 492-3, 497-8; 111-2; tensions between oijµoc and Delphinios: 174-5, 442, 552; 'far­ 1ta.xfrc: 66-88, 430-56, 52378, 5 70; shooter': 550-1. relation with Argos: 43625; Apostrophe: 103, 397 304. See also: invoca- Aeginetan 'clans': 436, 439, 522-3; tion. river Asopus: 24 7-8; altar of Zeus Archilochus. Quoted by Pi.: 280. Hellenius: 63, 113-4; Aeaceum: 8 15, Argos. Relation with Aegina: 43625 . 84, 11338, 191-2; Thearion: 815, 380- Artemis: 212, 553-4. 712 INDICES Article. With infinitive: 126; m'n6c 'the Attraction. Of the relative: 385. same' without article: 100-1; niic Audience. Listening audience perceives with or without article: I 76 182; arti­ text linearly: 40, 41-52, I 61, 269, cle with genitive (6 tiic 0EOu): 116; 287,292, 339-41, 395-6, 471, 474~ use of article with proper name pre­ 477, 492-3, 495, 538-9, 549, 575 197, sents the entity referred to as famil­ 590, 632; involved actively in con­ iar to the addressee: 245; absence of struction of meaning: 25, 28, 31, 32, article makes reference generic: 120- 50, 52, 53-4, 65, 440-1, 503, 524-5, 1; wrongly omitted: 638-9. 535; Pi. draws on the audience's Asclepiea. See: Epidaurus. knowledge of the myth: 145, 436, Asclepius: 213-4, 2317 6, 354. 497, 535; of the circumstances of the Asopus: 247-8. victory: 8-9, 173; kept in suspense: Aspect. Imperfect vis-a-vis aorist 41-54 (see further: suspense); first explained by pragmatic function of and later audiences: 7-11, I 02, 141; the verb: I 04-5, 136, 151-2, 258, Pi. imitates the jargon of his audi­ 343, 527 (see also: zero option); of ence?: 184. See further: perfor­ the clause as a whole: 139-40, 270, mance. 300-1, 502; by structure of the nar­ Autos: 278, 410, 500. rative: 154, 157, 296-7, 344; by Authority. Pi. refers to earlier authori­ avoidance of ambiguity: 298-9; by ties: 45, 199, 212-3, 349-52. See fur­ lexicalized difference: 118-9; by lack ther: Hesiod, Homer. of alternative: 260; imperfect of repeated action?: 344; present tense Bacchylides. His ethos compared to imperative refers to continuation of Pi.'s: 9, 59, 78, 83; his usage of the action: 82, 182, 258, 451, 600-1; relative connection compared to postposed aorist participle clause Pi. 's: 4176; his use of retardation provides external motivation: 158; compared to Pi.'s: 4382 , 45; his con­ aorist participle does not refer to an cern for suspense compared to Pi.'s: anterior action: 527; gnomic aorist: 45; his break offs compared to Pi.'s: 175, 494. 45, 133 79, 303; his pathos compared Asymmetry. See: inconcinnitas. to Pi.'s: 47; his use of the 1t6voc­ Asyndeton. Effects implicitness: 27, motif compared to Pi.'s: 277 71 ; his 131, 311; occurs with fresh start: homo-eroticism compared to Pi.'s: 303, 340-1, 353, 372, 395, 399; with 284; his views on inherited excel­ shift regarding the type of utterance: lence compared to Pi.'s: 78, 328; his 303-4; with demonstrative pronoun: mentioning of details of the contest: 394. 579-80. Athena: 212. Barbitos: 138, 264-6; played with a Athens. Relation with Aegina: naval plectrum: 138-9. rivalry with Aegina: 59-60, 82, 429, Beard. As symbol of maturity: I 07-8. 487; war with Aegina (487 B.C.): 19, Beauty. Reference to victor's beauty: 59-61, 66-88, 177; forces Aegina to 202, 283-5, 336, 642. join the Delian League after Bee. See: imagery. Oenophyta (457 B.C.): 197, 425, Break off passages. Misunderstood: 34- 429, 432, 434, 439-40; almost loses 5, 64, 11 7-8, 224; contribute to the control over Aegina after Coronea fictional mimesis of ex tempore speech: (447 B.C.): 19, 197-8, 4286, 430-4, 35-6, 64-5, 117-8, 224, 3 I4-5, 435, 439-40, 445, 451, 60 I; restores dom­ 651; with a wish, prayer or self­ ination of Aegina with Thirty Years exhortation: I 30, 303-4, 3 I3; with Peace (446/5 B.C.): 198, 4284, the ne plus ultra motif: 287-9, 391-2; 451 62 , 455-6. with reference to earlier authorities: .
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