The Art of Bacchylides

By:

Anne Pippin Burnett

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Hardback

Series:

Martin Classical Lectures

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Anne Burnett shows us the art of Bacchylides in the context of Greek lyric traditions. She discusses the beginnings of choral poetry and the functions of the choral myth; she describes the purposes of the victory song in particular and the practices of Bacchylides and Pindar as they fulfilled their victory commissions. In analyzing individual poems Burnett's approach is two-fold, for each ode is seen as a choral performance reflecting archaic cult practice, while it is also studied as the expression of a particular poetic vision and sensibility. Thus the formal elements of the Bacchylidean victory songs are recognized as the response of a chorus which must give semi-religious praise to a noble athlete or prize-winning prince in times of increasing democracy. At the same time an artistry and an ethic peculiar to Bacchylides are discovered in the manipulation of fictions and mythic materials.

Release date NZ

February 1st, 1985

Author

Anne Pippin Burnett

Series

Martin Classical Lectures

Pages

224

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Dimensions

168x242x19

ISBN-13

9780674046665

Product ID

27174088

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