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Bacchylides ( / bəˈkɪlɪˌdiːz /; Greek: Βακχυλίδης Bakkhulides; c. 518 – c. 451 BC) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets, which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been noted in Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus.
Bacchylides (born c. 510 bc, Ceos [Cyclades, Greece]) was a Greek lyric poet, nephew of the poet Simonides and a younger contemporary of the Boeotian poet Pindar, with whom he competed in the composition of epinician poems (odes commissioned by victors at the major athletic festivals).
Bacchylides. Greek lyric poet, nephew of the poet Simonides, born on the island of Ceos near the end of the sixth century BC and lived at least until the middle of the fifth century. Like his contemporary Pindar, Bacchylides wrote in a variety of lyric genres (e.g. hymns, paeans, encomia), but the bulk of his surviving works consists of ...
Sep 11, 2008 · Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xviii.-General introduction: 1. The life of Bacchylides. II. The place of Bacchylides in the history of Greek lyric poetry. III. Characteristics of Bacchylides as a poet. Iv. Dialect and grammar. V. Metres. VI. The papyrus. Autotype plates. VII.
Jul 10, 2024 · Contents. Metrics. Sir Richard Jebb's edition of Bacchylides' Odes, published in 1905, remains an authoritative work today. Jebb (1841–1905) was the most distinguished classicist of his generation, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and University Orator, subsequently Professor of Greek at Glasgow University and finally Regius Professor ...
Here McDevitt contextualizes Bacchylides well in relation to literary history, pointing out Bacchylides’ debts and innovations in relation to Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, and others, and discusses the programmatic and generic norms of epinician criticism.
Jul 10, 2024 · 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 (băkĬl´Ĭdēz), fl. c.470 BC, Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos; nephew of Simonides of Ceos. A contemporary of Pindar, he was patronized by Hiero I. His poetry is noted for its narrative powers, clarity, and lucidity.
Prosperous are they whose children take Justice to live with them. But shameless Hybris, flourishing with shifty greed and lawless empty-headedness, who will swiftly bestow on a man someone else's wealth and power, [60] and then send him into deep ruin—Hybris destroyed the arrogant sons of the Earth, the Giants.”. 1 Epode 1 is missing.
Who is the man said to be, and from where? How is he equipped? Is he leading a great army with weapons of war? [35] Or does he come alone with only his attendants, like a traveller wandering among foreign people, this man who is so strong, valiant, and bold, who has overcome the powerful strength [40] of such great men?
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