HISTORY 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Bacchylides, Dithyramb, Boeotia
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Court poet of hipparchus during tyranny in athens, for royal families of. Likely in athens during the persian wars and known for his epitaphs for the war dead. Also court poet in thessaly, sicily, and then later received commissions in. Both simonides and bacchylides exist in fragments (quotations and papyrus fragments) Same metrical structure as epigrams, but devoted to a variety of topics, especially poems for symposia. From an aristocratic family in boeotia, the most famous poet of epinicians. Also served in courts of wealthy royal families, especially in sicily. Since most athletes came from wealthy families (always so in horse/chariot races), pindar"s praise balanced the moral/virtuous character of the victor with. Painting mythological stories and tales of ancient heroes that ultimately expressed the divine ancestry of the victor"s family. Pindar actually has a medieval transmission, as well as papyrus fragments. Vase painting focus on the human and animal form, but with realism, action, movement, facial expression.
