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Bacchylides · c. 520 – c. 450 BC

Dithyrambs

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Six choral songs on heroic themes: the embassy for Helen at Troy, Heracles and Deianeira, Theseus at the court of Minos, Theseus and Aegeus, Io, and Idas and Marpessa.

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Greek original with English translation, 4 passages, about 2000 words in English.
Translator
Sir Richard C. Jebb (1905)
Edition
Sir Richard C. Jebb (ed.), Bacchylides: The Poems and Fragments, Cambridge University Press, 1905 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 15.1 (by ode, line)

Contents · 4 passages

  1. 15.1–16.35Dithyrambs 15–16: the sons of Antenor; Heracles and Deianeira490 words
  2. 17.1–132Dithyramb 17: Theseus and Minos816 words
  3. 18.1–60Dithyramb 18: Theseus, a dialogue of the chorus and Aegeus293 words
  4. 19.1–20.11Dithyrambs 19–20: Io and Argus; Idas and Marpessa367 words

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English translation by Sir Richard C. Jebb (1905). Original text: Sir Richard C. Jebb (ed.), Bacchylides: The Poems and Fragments, Cambridge University Press, 1905 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library, Greek text); translation public domain (OCR from the Internet Archive scan). Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.