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Youths, or Theseus. A dark-prowed ship, carrying Theseus, steadfast in the din of battle, and twice seven splendid Ionian youths, was cleaving the Cretan sea; [5] for northern breezes fell on the far-shining sail, by the will of glorious Athena, shaker of the aegis. And the holy gifts of Cypris with her lovely headband scratched the heart of ...
10 Κύπριδος αἰνὰ δῶρα: χεῖρα δ᾽ οὐκέτι παρθενικᾶς. ἄτερθ᾽ ἐράτυεν, θίγεν. δὲ λευκᾶν παρηΐδων: βόασέ τ᾽ Ἐρίβοια χαλκο-. 15 θώρακα Πανδίονος. ἔκγονον: ἴδεν δὲ Θησεύς, μέλαν δ᾽ ὑπ ...
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§ 17.1 Dithyramb 3: Youths, or Theseus A dark-prowed ship, carrying Theseus, steadfast in the din of battle, and twice seven splendid Ionian youths, was cleaving the Cretan sea; [5] for northern breezes fell on the far-shining sail, by the will of glorious Athena, shaker of the aegis.
In another dithyramb (ode 17), Bacchylides gives a spirited account of a contest between Minos and Theseus: Theseus dives into the sea to recover a ring that Minos has thrown there as a challenge; Theseus emerges from the water with the ring, dry-haired and surrounded by enthusiastic Naiads.
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Through the narration of an original maritime episode in the heroic biography of Theseus prior to the test of the Labyrinth of Knossos, Bacchylides’ Dithyramb 17 thus represents a religious offering to Delian Apollo; modeled on the legendary paean but also following the formal rules of the dithyramb, this musical offering is sung by a mixed ...
where Bacchylides invokes NiKa for having crowned him in musical contests, or poem 19, where he mentions the Muses who 'bring the wreath' and 'crown his songs in honour' (5-7), in a poem that is definitely a dithyramb. Musical. contest were held on Delos at a very early time 17, and Strabo mentions the.
