Ibycus is one of the nine canonical lyric poets, a crucial figure in the history of Greek poetry and the archaic world. His work has value both for its own poetic qualities and for its importance from a literary-historical point of view. Ibycusâ?? imagery is complex and demanding, his intertextual relationships sophisticated and his use of metre both traditional and innovative. His work also helps us to understand the relationship between the poetry of West and East Greece and to further our knowledge of patronage and the epinician tradition. This commentary includes an introduction to Ibycusâ?? life and poetry, covering the internal and external evidence for his life and the content, imagery and metre of his poetry. It then offers an individual analysis and detailed commentary on a selection of Ibycus' poems, including both the more famous poems and less well-known fragments, all of which give insight into his style and themes, as well as his relationship to other poets of the period. The commentary also offers a re-examination of the fragments preserved on the Oxyrhynchus papyri, providing a new edition of these poems which gets as close as possible to the material preserved.
Author(s): Claire Louise Wilkinson
Series: Sozomena, 13
Publisher: De Gruyter
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 338
City: Berlin
Preface
Note on the Text
Note on the Text and Numeration of Fragments
Introduction
Life of Ibycus and Reputation in Antiquity
Internal Evidence
External Evidence
Date
Ibycus’ Poetry
Content
Imagery
Performance
Dialect
Metre
Transmission
Edition
P.Oxy.1790 fr.1
Date and Authorship
S151
Metre
Type and Structure of Poem
Content
Commentary
P.Oxy.2735 Selected Fragments
The Papyrus
Authorship
S166
Content and Type of Poem
Commentary
S167
Content and Type of Poem
Commentary
S169
S174
S176
Type of Poem
Content
Cmmentary
S192a
S192b
S199
P.Oxy.2637: Selected Fragments
The Papyrus
S220
Lemmata
Metre
Content
Type of Poem
Commentary
S221
Lemmata
Metre
Content and Type of Poem
Commentary
S222
Lemmata
Metre
Content
Type of Poem
Commentary
S223a
The Papyrus
Lemmata
Content
Type of Poem
Commentary
S224
Lemma
Metre
The Papyrus
Content
Type of Poem
Commentary
S226
Manuscript Fragments
285
Metre
Content
Style
Commentary
286
Metre
Structure
Type of Poem and Performance
Content
Commentary
287
Source
Metre
Structure and Performance
Content
Commentary
288
Metre
Structure and Performance
Content and Style
Commentary
289a
289b
Metre (of 289b)
Source
Type of Poem
Commentary
296
Source
Content
Type of Poem
297
Source
Content
298
Metre
The Papyrus
Content
Commentary
303
Content
Commentary
317
Source
Metre and Style
Commentary
321
Source and Content
Commentary
322
323
List of Abbreviations and Bibliography
Abbreviations
Editions
Bibliography
Index
