Bacchylides

Bacchylides (Ancient Greek: Βακχυλίδης Bakkhulides; c. 518 – c. 451 BC) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets, which included his uncle Simonides.

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"Τίκτει δέ τε θνατοῖσιν Εἰρήνα μεγάλα στρ. πλοῦτον μελιγλώσσων τ' ἀοιδᾶν ἄνθεα, δαιδαλέων τ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμῶν θεοῖσιν αἴθεσθαι βοῶν ξανθᾷ φλογί μῆρα τανῦτρίχων τε μήλων γυμνασίων τε νέοις αὐλῶν τε καὶ κώμων μέλειν."

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"Ἐν δὲ σιδαροδέτοις πόρπαξιν αἰθᾶν ἀραχνᾶν ἱστοὶ πέλονται, ἔγχεα τε λογχωτὰ ξίφεα τ᾽ ἀμφάκεα δάμναται εὐρώς."

- Bacchylides

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"Συμποσίων δ᾽ ἐρατῶν βρίθοντ᾽ ἀγυιαί, παιδείοι θ᾽ ὕμνοι φλέγονται."

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"Οἱ μὲν ἀδμᾶτες ἀεικελιᾶν νούσων εἰσὶν καὶ ἄνατοι, οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις ἴκελοι."

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