Simonides ca. 556-467 B.C
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- tlg0261
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.1292
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- tlg0261
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 85298996
LCCN n 98097568
- Name:
- Simonides ca. 556-467 B.C
- Abbr:
- Simon.
- Alt names:
- Σιμωνίδης, ὁ Κεῖος
Simonides, Ceus
Simonide
Simonide
Simonides, von Keos
Simonide, di Ceo
Simónides
Simonides, of Ceos
Simonides, Lyricus
Simon.
- Field of activity:
- Lyric Poet
Elegist
Epigrammatist
Historian
- Notes:
- Renault, M. The praise singer, 1988, c1978: CIP pub. info. (Simonides,
lyric poet who lived in 6th century Greece)
Oxford class. dict. (Simonides, ca. 556-468 B.C., lyric poet born at
Iulis in Ceos)
LC data base, 4-7-87 (hdg.: Simonides, of Ceos, 556-467 B.C.)
Le langage de Simonide, c1997: p. 19 (Simonide de Ceos)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 363
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3,
1867, p. 833: "Simonides, literary, 2, : "Simonides of Ceos, one of the most celebrated
lyric poets of Greece, was the perfecter of the elegy and the epigram...."
Brill's New Pauly: "Simonides, Lyric poet, 6th/5th cents. BC, S. was
born in Ioulis on Ceos.... the son of Leoprepes, uncle of Bacchylides. Of the two birth
dates given in the Suda - the 56th Olympiad (556/553 BC) and the 62nd Olympiad (532/529 BC),
the earlier is generally accepted. According to the Suda, S. died in the 78th Olympiad
(468/465 BC) at the age of 89. His tomb was shown at Acragas (Sicily) (Callim. fr. 64,4).
His most securely datable work is from the period of the Persian Wars. .... S. is the only
one in the Alexandrian canon of nine lyric poets for whom no exact number of books is given.
The Suda speaks of dirges (thrênoi), encomia, epigrams, tragedies and 'other works'. No
trace of tragedies survives, or of the dithyrambs with which S. won 57 victories (cf. Anth.
Pal. 6,213). We know in adition that he wrote epinician poetry, hymns .... a
propemptikon.... 'prayers' or 'curses' .......and probably elegies
for performance at symposi..." from Robbins, Emmet (Toronto). "Simonides." Brill's New
Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill
Online. Tufts University Library.
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
Works Currently Cataloged
Fragmenta (Encomium & Lyrical)
Fragmenta (Epigrams & Elegeiae)
