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Discovered in an Egyptian papyrus in 1896, the lyrics of Bacchylides are one of the great treasures of Greek poetry. These exquisite choral odes celebrate victories in the Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, and Olympic games and chronicle the classical gods and heroes, eloquently revealing... Read Full Overview

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Sir Richard Jebb's edition of Bacchylides' Odes, published in 1905, remains an authoritative work today. Jebb (1841-1905) was the most distinguished classicist of his generation, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and University Orator, subsequently Professor of Greek at... Read Full Overview

The Poems of Bacchylides: From a Papyrus in the British Museum (1897) is a collection of ancient Greek poetry by the poet Bacchylides. The book features translations of Bacchylides' poems, which were discovered on a papyrus in the British Museum. Bacchylides was a contemporary... Read Full Overview

Bacchylides: The Poems and Fragments is a comprehensive collection of the works of the ancient Greek poet Bacchylides, compiled and translated by Richard C. Jebb. Bacchylides was a contemporary of Pindar and is considered one of the nine lyric poets of ancient Greece. The book... Read Full Overview

Bacchylidis Carmina Cum Fragmentis est opus litterarium a Bacchylide, poeta lyricus Graecus, compositum. Librum anno MDCCCXCVIII editum est. In hoc libro, carmina Bacchylidis, quae sunt in numeris lyricis scripta, cum fragmentis eiusdem poetae continentur. Poetae carmina deorum... Read Full Overview

The Poems of Bacchylides: From a Papyrus in the British Museum is a book that was published in 1897. It is a collection of poems written by the ancient Greek poet Bacchylides, who was a contemporary of Pindar and lived in the 5th century BC. The poems in this book were discovered... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview