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Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs of Bacchylides
Bacchylides
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Hardback. 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. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812234473
SKU
V9780812234473
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About Bacchylides
David R. Slavitt was educated at Andover and Yale and has published more than seventy books: original poetry, translations, novels, critical works, and short stories. He worked for seven years as a journalist at Newsweek and continues to do freelance reporting and reviewing. With Palmer Bovie he coedited the Penn Greek Drama series and the Complete Roman Drama in Translation. ... Read more
Reviews for Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs of Bacchylides
"Slavitt has an astonishing knack for making classical poetry readable and, above all, experienceable. . . . [He] seems to have a free and easy-and very personal-conversance with the ancient world, and this is refreshing indeed; it makes that whole world available to us in ways it has not been before. . . . He has such an easy, tolerant, ... Read more