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Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs

Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs

Slavitt, David R.

Hardcover

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0812234472
ISBN13: 9780812234473
Publisher: Univ Of Pennsylvania Pr
Published: Jan 29 1998
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
Until a century ago, the fifth-century Greek poet Bacchylides was known only by 107 nonsequential lines buried as quotations in the writings of other ancient authors. With the discovery in 1896 of a papyrus containing his work, 1,382 lines were reassembled and the poems of Bacchylides finally began to take shape for the modern reader. Slavitt argues in the Introduction to this collection that, although Bacchylides is often considered a lesser Pindar, he is a poet who warrants consideration. He deserves attention not because he is beetling, like Pindar, but because he is not. He relies on craftsmanship and reliably displays an attractive grace and elegance.

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