Bacchylides (c. 520–450 BC) was one of the nine Greek lyric poets selected as models of this genre by the Alexandrian scholars who first collected and edited their songs in the 3rd century BC. Bacchylides' songs did not survive the end of antiquity, but substantial portions of at least three bo...

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Main Author:	Bacchylides (Author)
Other Authors:	Maehler, Herwig (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004
Series:	Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
Subjects:	Bacchylides > v516-v451 > Carmina Athletics / Greece / Poetry Athletes / Greece / Poetry Mythology, Greek / Poetry Games / Greece / Poetry Laudatory poetry, Greek Griechenland Kommentar
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Bacchylides (c. 520–450 BC) was one of the nine Greek lyric poets selected as models of this genre by the Alexandrian scholars who first collected and edited their songs in the 3rd century BC. Bacchylides' songs did not survive the end of antiquity, but substantial portions of at least three books have been recovered from papyri found in Egypt. This 2004 book was the first commentary in English since R. C. Jebb's Bacchylides (1905). It aims to introduce the reader to two important areas of Greek choral lyric poetry in which Bacchylides was pre-eminent: songs in praise of individuals (victory odes 3–6 and 11, and enkomia frr. 20A–D), and songs composed for religious festivals (dithyrambs, procession songs, and paeans). Among the most attractive features of his style are the well-balanced formal structure of his poems, and his vivid narrative which is capable of creating scenes of high drama and deep passion
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (279 pages)
ISBN:	9780511802386
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511802386