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Bacchylides

Bacchylides was a Greek lyric poet, nephew of the poet Simonides, born on the island of Ceos between 518 and 506 B.C. A contemporary of Pindar, Bacchylides wrote hymns, paeans, encomia, and epinician odes for victors in the Panhellenic games. He was one of the nine Alexandrian canonical lyric poets.

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Greek Poetry Resources
Archaic Lyric Poets
Korinna
Pindar

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