← BacchylidesOdesby BacchylidesVictory odes celebrating athletic achievements at Greek gamesFind on Amazon↗About the authorBacchylidesGreek lyric poet and nephew of Simonides whose Odes were discovered on papyrus in 1896. He was a rival of Pindar and wrote victory odes and dithyrambs.More by BacchylidesDithyrambsLyric poems honoring Dionysus and the ritualistic dithyrambic form→FragmentsRemaining poetic pieces from the Hellenistic Greek lyricist→
