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The Art of Bacchylides
Anne Pippin Burnett
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Hardback. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Anne Burnett shows us the art of Bacchylides in the context of Greek lyric traditions. She discusses the beginnings of choral poetry and the functions of the choral myth; she describes the purposes of the victory song in particular and the practices of Bacchylides and Pindar as they fulfilled their victory commissions. In analyzing individual poems Burnett's approach is two-fold, for each ode is seen as a choral performance reflecting archaic cult practice, while it is also studied as the expression of a particular poetic vision and sensibility. Thus the formal elements of the Bacchylidean victory songs are recognized as ... Read more
Anne Burnett shows us the art of Bacchylides in the context of Greek lyric traditions. She discusses the beginnings of choral poetry and the functions of the choral myth; she describes the purposes of the victory song in particular and the practices of Bacchylides and Pindar as they fulfilled their victory commissions. In analyzing individual poems Burnett's approach is two-fold, for each ode is seen as a choral performance reflecting archaic cult practice, while it is also studied as the expression of a particular poetic vision and sensibility. Thus the formal elements of the Bacchylidean victory songs are recognized as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Martin Classical Lectures
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674046665
SKU
V9780674046665
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