Greek Lyric, Volume IV: Bacchylides, Corinna, and Others [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

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Precious snippets of ancient song.

Bacchylides, nephew of Simonides and rival of Pindar, wrote choral poetry of many types. We have a number of his victory odes--poems celebrating victories in athletic contests--as well as dithyrambs and other hymns. He was a master of the captivating narrative. Also represented in this volume is the Boeotian Corinna, whose work, versions of local myths, survives in greater quantity than that of any...

Format:Hardcover

Language:Greek, Ancient (To 1453)

ISBN:0674995082

ISBN13:9780674995086

Release Date:January 1992

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 4.6" x 6.7"

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Greek Lyric, Volume IV: Bacchylides, Corinna, and Others [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

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