Proper noun
Bacchylides
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
Bacchylides celebrated such victories by Theseus in one of his dithyrambs, sung in the form of a dialogue between chorus and chorus-leader (poem 18). Source: Internet
Campbell, p. 414 As a composer of choral lyrics, Bacchylides was probably responsible also for the performance, involving him in frequent travel to venues where musicians and choirs awaited instruction. Source: Internet
Bacchylides prefers to observe the gentler play of shadow and sadness over the sensuous surface of his brilliant world. Source: Internet
Bacchylides had become, almost overnight, among the best represented poets of the canonic nine, with about half as many extant verses as Pindar, adding about a hundred new words to Greek lexicons. Source: Internet
Most modern scholars however treat Bacchylides as an exact contemporary of Pindar, placing his birth around 518 BC. Source: Internet
Ode 5 Bacchylides has often been compared unflatteringly with Pindar, as for example by the French critic, Henri Weil : "There is no doubt that he fails of the elevation, and also of the depth, of Pindar. Source: Internet