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. Quotes 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. Paean [on Peace] l. 1, in Stobaeus, Florilegium Great Goddess Peace does Wealth on us bestow,From her our Sciences and Learning flow,Our Arts improve, and we the Artists prize,Our Altars fume with richest Sacrifice.Youths mind their active sports—they often meet, Revel and dance with Maydens in the Street. Philip Ayres, 1687 To mortal men Peace giveth these good things:Wealth, and the flowers of honey-throated song;The flame that springsOn carven altars from fat sheep and kine,Slain to the gods in heaven; and, all day long,Games for gold youths, and flutes, and wreaths, and circling wine. J. A. Symonds, 1877 Peace upon earthBrings Wealth and blossom of dulcet Song to birth; To the Gods on carven altars makes thighs of oxen burn,And sheep in the yellow flame, And bids the young men’s thoughts to the wrestling-gameAnd revel and hautboy turn. W. G. Headlam, 1907 Ἐν δὲ σιδαροδέτοις πόρπαξιν αἰθᾶνἀραχνᾶν ἱστοὶ πέλονται,ἔγχεα τε λογχωτὰ ξίφεα τ᾽ ἀμφάκεα δάμναται εὐρώς. Paean [on Peace] l. 8, in Stobaeus, Florilegium The useless Shield serves to adorn the Hall,Whence Spiders weave their Nets against the Wall;Gauntlets and Spears lye cover’d o’er with Dust,And slighted Swords half eaten up with Rust. Philip Ayres, 1687 Webs of the spider brown in the iron shield are made,And rust grows over the edge of the sword and the lance’s blade. W. G. Headlam, 1907 Συμποσίων δ᾽ ἐρατῶν βρίθοντ᾽ ἀγυιαί, παιδείοι θ᾽ ὕμνοι φλέγονται. Paean [on Peace] l. 16, in Stobaeus, Florilegium Days steal away in Feasting and Delight, And Lovers spend in Serenades the Night. Philip Ayres, 1687 The streets are thronged with lovely men and young,And hymns in praise of boys like flames to heaven are flung. J. A. Symonds, 1877 Banquet and blithe carousal throng the ways,And the amorous hymn like fire in the air breaks forth in praise. W. G. Headlam, 1907 Οἱ μὲν ἀδμᾶτες ἀεικελιᾶν νούσων εἰσὶν καὶ ἄνατοι, οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις ἴκελοι. Fragment 23, in Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, v, 110, 1 Not unseated,Not even touchedBy the shocks of sickness,Gods stand worlds from men. Robert Fagles, 1961 External links J. M. Edmonds (ed.) Lyra Graeca, vol. 3 (LCL, 1927) Category:Poets from Greece Category:Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology