Simonides lyricus : essays on the "other" classical choral lyric poet /
edited by Peter Agócs and Lucia Prauscello.
- Cambridge : The Cambridge Philological Society, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (xi, 285 pages).
- Cambridge classical journal. Supplementary volume ; 42 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. Simonides lyricus: a proem / 1. More Simonides among the fragmenta lyrica adespota? A survey of the fragments and a case-study (P. Strass. inv. 1406-9) / 2. Dancing with the dogs: mimetic dance and the hyporcheme (on Pindar fr. *107 M = Simonides 255 Poltera) / 3. Simonides: a kind of Janus? Biographical tradition and poetical reality / 4. Simonides lyricus elegiacus epigrammaticus / 5. Maestius lacrimis Simonideis: the thrēnoi of Simonides / 6. Simonides, Anius and Athens: PMG 537 = 301 Poltera (Kateukhai) / 7. Kings and generals: Simonides and the diplomacy of victory / 8. The wisdom of Simonides: Sophos kai theios / 9. 'Clever about verses?' Plato and the 'Scopas ode' (PMG 542 = 260 Poltera) / 10. Simonides in Athens. Memories of choral agonistic excellence in Plato's Protagoras, Xenophon's Hieron and the 'Simonidean' epigrams XXVII and XXVIII FGE / Peter Agócs and Lucia Prauscello -- Giuseppe Ucciardello -- Giambattista D'Alessio -- Orlando Poltera -- David Sider -- Chris Carey -- Ian Rutherford -- Kathryn Morgan -- Andrew Ford -- Richard Hunter -- Lucia Athanassaki.
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Simonides, approximately 556 B.C.-467 B.C. --Criticism and interpretation.