Simonides Lyricus : Essays on the 'other' classical choral lyric poet Hardback
Edited by Peter Agocs, Lucia Prauscello
Part of the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume series
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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.
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- Pages:290 pages, 2 b&w
- Publisher:Cambridge Philological Society
- Publication Date:01/10/2020
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- ISBN:9780956838179
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:290 pages, 2 b&w
- Publisher:Cambridge Philological Society
- Publication Date:01/10/2020
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- ISBN:9780956838179
