Pindar's Olympian 1, 1 - 7 and its Relation to Bacchylides 3, 85 - 87

Scholars generally assume that Olympian 1, 1 - 7 and Bacchylides 3, 85 - 87 contain priamels. I argue that these passages do not contain priamels. I suggest that we have thought that these passages contain priamels because we have not recognized Pindar's and Bacchylides' metaphorical langu...

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Published in:Wiener Studien
Main Author: Eckerman, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Österreichischen Akademie d. Wissenschaften [2017]
In: Wiener Studien
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
TB Antiquity
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Summary:Scholars generally assume that Olympian 1, 1 - 7 and Bacchylides 3, 85 - 87 contain priamels. I argue that these passages do not contain priamels. I suggest that we have thought that these passages contain priamels because we have not recognized Pindar's and Bacchylides' metaphorical language. At Bacchylides 3, 85 - 87, Bacchylides caps Olympian 1, 1 - 7, while making the argument with Hieron, the patron of both Olympian 1 and Bacchylides 3, that Bacchylides is a better poet than Pindar.
ISSN:1813-3924
Contains:Enthalten in: Wiener Studien
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1553/wst130s7