Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Acknowledgements
4. Contents IX
5. List of Figures, Tables, and Schemes XV
6. Abbreviations XVII
7. Phraseological and Linguistic Conventions, Definitions XX
8. Introduction 1
9. Part 1: Fashioning Health and Poetic Glory: A Comparative Study in Pindar’s Pythian Three
10. 1 Pindar’s Pythian Three: Text and Translation 11
11. 2 The Structure of Pindar’s Pythian Three 20
12. 3 Ghoṣā Kākṣīvatī’s Pythian Three: Rigveda 10.39, a Hymn to the Aśvins 33
13. 4 The Best of the Healers 52
14. 5 *tetƙ-Compositions in Comparison 70
15. 6 What Did the Aśvins Do to Cyavāna? 88
16. Part 2: Fashioning Movement: A Comparative Study in Pindar’s Nemean Five
17. 7 Pindar’s Nemean Five: Text and Translation 99
18. 8 Structure and Themes of Pindar’s Nemean Five 105
19. 9 Fashioners, Poets, and Trainers 124
20. 10 Like a R̥bhu 148
21. 11 Vedic Craftsmen and Healers: The R̥bhus and the Aśvins 174
22. Part 3: Fashioning a Poetic Drink: A Comparative Study in Pindar’s Nemean Three
23. 12 Pindar’s Nemean Three: Text and Translation 183
24. 13 The Structure of Pindar’s Nemean Three 190
25. 14 Cyavāna and the Soma 205
26. 15 Fashioning and the Mythology of the Sacrifice 221
27. 16 An Avestan taš-Composition? 230
28. 17 Fashioning Immortality 240
29. Bibliography
30. Subject Index
31. Index of Ancient Authors and Works