The Imagery of Bacchylides’ <i>Ode 5</i>

<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"...

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Main Author: Jacob Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2003-03-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/11301
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Summary:<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Bacchylides’ choice of vocabulary and imagery reinforces the portrayal of human weakness and futility that is implicit in his version of the encounter between Heracles and Meleager.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->
ISSN:0017-3916
2159-3159