I found the abstract for my friend's paper: http://www.camws.org/meeting/2008/program/abstracts/06f2.Ingersoll.html. The Spartan gal's name was Cynisca, and she was an Olympic victor.
The Cambridge History of Classical Literature describes Pindar's style thus: “bold collocations, abrupt transitions, loftiness of thought and expression”. He makes my attempts at poetry look sorry indeed.
The great Scott equates a stade with 100 οργυιαι or 6 πλεθρα. It doesn't say just what a πλεθρον is in human bodily terms, but an οργυια is apparently the distance between the outstretched arms.
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Date: 2010-02-24 16:26 (UTC)The Cambridge History of Classical Literature describes Pindar's style thus: “bold collocations, abrupt transitions, loftiness of thought and expression”. He makes my attempts at poetry look sorry indeed.
The great Scott equates a stade with 100 οργυιαι or 6 πλεθρα. It doesn't say just what a πλεθρον is in human bodily terms, but an οργυια is apparently the distance between the outstretched arms.