Bacchylides Dithyrambs
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Bacchylides

Dithyrambs

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Choral poems for festivals, including narratives of Heracles, Theseus, and the daughters of Proetus. Rediscovered on papyrus in 1896.

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  • Ode 15 Ἀν]τηνορίδαι [ἢ Ἑλένη]ς Ἀπαίτησις

    A dithyramb by Bacchylides — a choral lyric poem on a mythological subject, performed at religious festivals in honour of Dionysus.

    44 lines
  • Ode 16 [Ἡρακλῆς]

    A dithyramb by Bacchylides — a choral lyric poem on a mythological subject, performed at religious festivals in honour of Dionysus.

    35 lines
  • Ode 17 Ηίθεοι [ἢ] Θησεύς

    A dithyramb by Bacchylides — a choral lyric poem on a mythological subject, performed at religious festivals in honour of Dionysus.

    132 lines
  • Ode 18 Θησεύς

    A dithyramb by Bacchylides — a choral lyric poem on a mythological subject, performed at religious festivals in honour of Dionysus.

    60 lines
  • Ode 19 Ιώ Ἀθηναίοις

    A dithyramb by Bacchylides — a choral lyric poem on a mythological subject, performed at religious festivals in honour of Dionysus.

    51 lines
  • Ode 20 Ἴδας Λακεδαιμονίοις

    A dithyramb by Bacchylides — a choral lyric poem on a mythological subject, performed at religious festivals in honour of Dionysus.

    11 lines
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