The lyric of Ibycus : introduction, text and commentary / Claire Louise Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, Claire Louise, 1983-

Contributor:

Ibycus, active 6th century B.C.

Series:

Sozomena (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 13.

Sozomena : studies in the recovery of ancient texts, 1869-6368 ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibycus, active 6th century B.C--Criticism and interpretation.

Ibycus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ibycus is one of the nine canonical lyric poets, a crucial figure in the history of Greek poetry and the archaic world. His work has value both for its own poetic qualities and for its importance from a literary-historical point of view. Ibycus’ imagery is complex and demanding, his intertextual relationships sophisticated and his use of metre both traditional and innovative. His work also helps us to understand the relationship between the poetry of West and East Greece and to further our knowledge of patronage and the epinician tradition. This commentary includes an introduction to Ibycus’ life and poetry, covering the internal and external evidence for his life and the content, imagery and metre of his poetry. It then offers an individual analysis and detailed commentary on a selection of Ibycus' poems, including both the more famous poems and less well-known fragments, all of which give insight into his style and themes, as well as his relationship to other poets of the period. The commentary also offers a re-examination of the fragments preserved on the Oxyrhynchus papyri, providing a new edition of these poems which gets as close as possible to the material preserved.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Table of contents

Note on the Text

Introduction

P.Oxy.1790 fr. 1

P.Oxy.2735 Selected Fragments

P.Oxy.2637: Selected Fragments

Manuscript Fragments

List of Abbreviations and Bibliography

Plates

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110295146

3110295148

OCLC:

829462146