Simonides the Poet : Intertextuality and Reception (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I. Simonides and the Poets of the Past: 1. Epic traditions in lyric songs; 2. The 'new Simonides': Homeric and Elegiac transformations; Part II. Simonidea: Simonides Through Ancient Receptions: 3. Pindar, Simonides and money: Pindar's Isthmian 2; 4. Simonides and wealth: a critical description of the tradition; 5. From stories to songs: Simonides eßiaei in the fragments; 6. Simonides, history and eeYio: Theocritus' Charites or Hieron. Conclusion.