The Lyric of Ibycus: Introduction, Text and Commentary

Claire Louise Wilkinson

Published by De Gruyter 2013

The Lyric of Ibycus

Introduction, Text and Commentary

Claire Louise Wilkinson

Volume 13 in the series Sozomena

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110295146

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Ibycus is one of the nine canonical lyric poets, a crucial figure in the history of Greek poetry and the archaic world. His work has value both for its own poetic qualities and for its importance from a literary-historical point of view. Ibycus’ imagery is complex and demanding, his intertextual relationships sophisticated and his use of metre both traditional and innovative. His work also helps us to understand the relationship between the poetry of West and East Greece and to further our knowledge of patronage and the epinician tradition. This commentary includes an introduction to Ibycus’ life and poetry, covering the internal and external evidence for his life and the content, imagery and metre of his poetry. It then offers an individual analysis and detailed commentary on a selection of Ibycus' poems, including both the more famous poems and less well-known fragments, all of which give insight into his style and themes, as well as his relationship to other poets of the period. The commentary also offers a re-examination of the fragments preserved on the Oxyrhynchus papyri, providing a new edition of these poems which gets as close as possible to the material preserved.

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Claire Wilkinson, The Cheltenham Ladies’ College, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Note on the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
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P.Oxy.1790 fr. 1 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
P.Oxy.2735 Selected Fragments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
P.Oxy.2637: Selected Fragments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 328
Keywords: Ibycus; Archaic Poetry

eBook

Published: December 19, 2012
ISBN: 9783110295146

Hardcover

Published: December 13, 2012
ISBN: 9783110288940