Bacchylides

Bacchylides

Paperback (21 May 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Presents the victory poems of the Greek lyric poet Bacchylides. This translation captures the tone of the original, combining the joy of the occasion with the ever-present serious moral undertones, while the introduction sets the poems in their social and religious context, detailing the connection between competition and religious festival.

Book information

ISBN: 9781853997211
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Imprint: Bristol Classical Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 881.01
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 232
Weight: 392g
Height: 234mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 18mm