Bacchylides · c. 520 – c. 450 BC
Epinicians (Odes of Victory)
ἘπίνικοιThe victory odes of Bacchylides, sung for winners at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and the Isthmus. They include the story of Croesus saved from the pyre (Ode 3), Meleager and Heracles in the underworld (Ode 5), the maidens of Proetus (Ode 11) and Peleus, Telamon and Achilles (Ode 13).
Contents · 8 passages
- 1.111–2.14Odes 1–2: Minos on Ceos; Argeius, boys' boxing at the Isthmus432 words
- 3.1–4.20Odes 3–4: Croesus saved by Apollo; Hieron's victories863 words
- 5.1–200Ode 5: Heracles meets Meleager in Hades1208 words
- 6.1–8.32Odes 6–7: Lachon of Ceos, boys' foot-race at Olympia254 words
- 9.1–104Ode 9: Automedes of Phlius, pentathlon at Nemea714 words
- 10.1–56Ode 10: Aglaos of Athens, foot-races at the Isthmus439 words
- 11.1–126Ode 11: Alexidamus of Metapontion and the daughters of Proetus813 words
- 12.1–14.23Odes 12–14: Pytheas of Aegina and the Aeacidae; Cleoptolemus of Thessaly1194 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.
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