Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs

by Bacchylides (Author), David R. Slavitt (Translator)

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Hardcover
1998
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With the discovery in 1896 of a papyrus containing Bacchylides' work, 1,382 lines were reassembled and the poems of Bacchylides finally began to take shape for the modern reader. This book argues that, although Bacchylides is often considered a lesser Pindar, he is a poet who warrants consideration.

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With the discovery in 1896 of a papyrus containing Bacchylides' work, 1,382 lines were reassembled and the poems of Bacchylides finally began to take shape for the modern reader. This book argues that, although Bacchylides is often considered a "lesser Pindar," he is a poet who warrants consideration.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 92
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 01 Jan 1998
ISBN 10: 0812234472
ISBN 13: 9780812234473

Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs

New

$39.72

Synopsis

$39.72

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