epinician
English
Adjective
epinician (comparative more epinician, superlative most epinician)
- Of, related to, or resembling a certain type of Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete
Noun
epinician (plural epinicians)
- A Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete
- 2005, W.B. Henry, “Preface”, in Pindar's Nemeans, page v:
- it is some time since a commentator writing in English tackled a whole book of the epinicians.
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See also
Epinikion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia