Simonides Lyricus : Essays on the 'other' classical choral lyric poet

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peter Agocs, Agocs

Lucia Prauscello, Prauscello

Series:

Cambridge Classical Journal Supplements

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1 edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Philological Society

Summary:

Simonides of Keos was one of the most important praise-poets of the early fifth century BCE, ranking alongside Pindar and Bacchylides. In Simonides Lyricus , a group of leading international experts revisit familiar questions about his lyric poetry, and pose new ones. Themes discussed include textual criticism and attribution of fragments; poetic genre and the place of the poet's melic fragments in his larger oeuvre; the historical, cultural and political background of the poems; and Simonides' afterlife in the biographical and anecdotal traditions that formed around his name. The volume makes a substantial contribution to modern discussions of Simonides' place in Greek literary and cultural history and to the understanding of this poet's often fragmentary and difficult texts.

ISBN:

9781913701062

1913701069