Before Bacchylides and beyond him in fame was his mother’s brother, Simonides, the laureate of Hellas in her victorious conflict with the East; and both were sons of Ioulis, as were Prodikos, ...

In the fifth episode of Among the Ancients II we turn to Greek lyric, focusing on Pindar’s victory odes, considered a benchmark for the sublime since antiquity, and the vivid, narrative-driven ...