Bacchylides : a selection / edited by H. Maehler.
By: Bacchylides
Contributor(s): Maehler, Herwig
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TextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin classics: Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: 279 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 0521590361; 0521599776 (pb.); 9780521599771; 9780521590365Uniform titles: Works. Selections. Greek (Maehler) Subject(s): Athletics -- Greece -- Poetry | Athletes -- Greece -- Poetry | Mythology, Greek -- Poetry | Games -- Greece -- Poetry | Laudatory poetry, GreekDDC classification: 881/.01 LOC classification: PA3943 | .A2 2004Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents | Contributor biographical information Summary: Bacchylides (c. 520-450 BC), like his contemporary Pindar, composed songs of praise for princes and victorious athletes and songs for choral performances at religious festivals. Their stylistic qualities, however, make them more easily accessible than Pindar's. This 2004 selection contains the first commentary in English since 1905.
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Texts of the works of Bacchylides are in Greek.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-272) and indexes.
Bacchylides (c. 520-450 BC), like his contemporary Pindar, composed songs of praise for princes and victorious athletes and songs for choral performances at religious festivals. Their stylistic qualities, however, make them more easily accessible than Pindar's. This 2004 selection contains the first commentary in English since 1905.
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