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Ode To Polycrates
''Ode to Polycrates'' (also ''To Polycrates'', 282a or S151) is an ancient Greek poem written by Ibycus and dedicated to Polycrates, tyrant of Samos. It was composed some time in the middle of the 6th century BC and displays close similarities to the work of Stesichorus. Preservation The fragment containing the poem was found at Oxyrhynchus. It was published as Papyrus Oxyrhynchus XV 1790 in 1922. The scrap measures 31.5 cm by 20 cm, is eminently legible and only damaged by wormholes. Judging from the text's hand, its inscription has been dated to the second century BC. Since the publication of ''Poetae Melici Graeci, PMG'' it has been known as fragment 282a, or as S151 in the ''Denys Page, SLG''. The poem Typically of Greek choral odes, the poem is structured in a Ode, triadic form, dominated by Dactyl (poetry), dactyls with Aeolic verse, aeolic elements. Its language broadly follows the dialect of Homeric epic, epic with traces of the Doric Greek, Doric dialect of Magna Graecia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibycus
Ibycus (; ; ) was an Greek lyric, Ancient Greek lyric poet, a citizen of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, probably active at Samos during the reign of the tyrant Polycrates and numbered by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria in the canon (fiction), canonical list of nine lyric poets. He was mainly remembered in antiquity for Pederasty in ancient Greece, pederastic verses, but he also composed lyrical narratives on mythological themes in the manner of Stesichorus.David A. Campbell, ''Greek Lyric III'', Loeb Classical Library (1991), page 8 His work survives today only as quotations by ancient scholars or recorded on fragments of papyrus recovered from archaeological sites in Egypt, yet his extant verses include what are considered some of the finest examples of Greek poetry. As is the case with many other major poets of ancient Greece, Ibycus became famous not just for his poetry but also for events in his life, largely the stuff of legend: the testimonia are difficult to interpret and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
