Simonides lyricus
Subtitle: essays on the "other" classical choral lyric poet
By: edited by Peter Agócs and Lucia Prauscello
Series: Cambridge classical journal. Supplementary volume -- 42; Cambridge classical journal -- 42.
Publisher: The Cambridge Philological Society
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780956838179
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Critique et interprétation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Simonides lyricus: a proem; title: Peter Agócs and Lucia Prauscello. 1. More Simonides among the fragmenta lyrica adespota? A survey of the fragments and a case-study (P. Strass. inv. 1406{u2013}1409) {u2013} Giuseppe Ucciardello. 2. Dancing with the dogs: mimetic dance and the hyporcheme (on Pind. fr. *107 M = Simonides 255 Poltera) {u2013} Giovan Battista d{u2019}Alessio. 3. Simonides: a kind of Janus? Biographical tradition and poetical reality {u2013} Orlando Poltera. 4. Simonides lyricus elegiacus epigrammaticus {u2013} David Sider. 5. Maestius lacrimis Simonideis: the thrēnoi of Simonides {u2013} Chris Carey. 6. Simonides, Anius and Athens: PMG 537 = 301 Poltera (Kateukhai); title: Ian Rutherford. 7. Kings and generals: Simonides and the diplomacy of victory {u2013} Kathryn Morgan. 8. Sophos kai theios: Simonides{u2019} poetic wisdom {u2013} Andrew Ford. 9. Clever about verses? Plato and the {u2018}Scopas ode{u2019} (PMG 542 = 260 Poltera) {u2013} Richard Hunter. 10. Simonides in Athens. Memories of choral agonistic excellence in Plato{u2019}s Protagoras, Xenophon{u2019}s Hieron and the {u2018}Simonidean{u2019} epigrams XXVII and XXVIII FGE {u2013} Lucia Athanassaki.