Bacchylides

American  

[buh-kil-i-deez] / bəˈkɪl ɪˌdiz /

noun

1. flourished 5th century b.c., Greek poet.

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Example Sentences

The Theban poet Pindar and his rival Bacchylides , who both wrote victory odes in the fifth century BCE, were surely not the first to get sucked in.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2011

Bacchylides, on the other hand, has a gentle flow of simple epic narrative; he relies on the interest of the story as a whole, rather than on his power of presenting situations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

The Alexandrian scholars interpreted a number of passages in Pindar as hostile allusions to Bacchylides or Simonides.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Pindar and Bacchylides, Aeschylus and Simonides found a welcome at the court of Hiero.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

In tragedy, he asks, who would be Ion of Chios rather than Sophocles; or in lyric poetry, Bacchylides rather than Pindar?

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various