One hundred years of Bacchylides
Subtitle: proceedings of a colloquium held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
By: edited by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer & Simon R. Slings.
Contributors: Slings, S. R.; Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard, 1968-; Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam.
Publisher: V.U. University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Bacchylides -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.; Laudatory poetry, Greek -- History and criticism -- Congresses.; Mythology, Greek, in literature -- Congresses.; Odes -- History and criticism -- Congresses.; Athletics in literature -- Congresses.; Athletes in literature -- Congresses.; Games in literature -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-95) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: One hundred years of Bacchylides: an introduction / Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer & S.R. Slings; value: Ethos and pathos in Bacchylides / Christopher Carey; value: Bacchylides Ode 17: Theseus and the Delian League / C.D.P. van Oeveren; value: Bacchylides' Homer, his tragedy, & his Pindar / Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer; value: Information unit and metrical unit / S.R. Slings; value: Bacchylides, Orpheus, and a lovesick centaur / Herwig Maehler.