Form and Meaning in Bacchylides' Fifth Ode
DL Cairns - Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity, 1997 - journals.co.za
DL Cairns
Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity, 1997•journals.co.zaRing-composition dominates the structure of Ode 5 in ways which are subtle, complex. and
crucial to the poem's interpretation. At all levels of the poem, ring-structure provides thematic
links and contrasts as well as serving the formal articulation of the ode. The myth apparently
eschews forms of ring-composition common in lyric narrative, but in fact manipulates the
conventions even as it departs from them.
crucial to the poem's interpretation. At all levels of the poem, ring-structure provides thematic
links and contrasts as well as serving the formal articulation of the ode. The myth apparently
eschews forms of ring-composition common in lyric narrative, but in fact manipulates the
conventions even as it departs from them.
Ring-composition dominates the structure of Ode 5 in ways which are subtle, complex. and crucial to the poem's interpretation. At all levels of the poem, ring-structure provides thematic links and contrasts as well as serving the formal articulation of the ode. The myth apparently eschews forms of ring-composition common in lyric narrative, but in fact manipulates the conventions even as it departs from them.
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