Richard Rawles is Lecturer in Greek at the University of Edinburgh, and has previously taught at the University of St Andrews, University College London and the University of Nottingham. With Peter Agócs and Chris Carey he has co-edited two volumes on epinician poetry, and his other publications include articles on Aeschylus, Simonides, Sappho and Theocritus.

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• Introduction; Part I. Simonides and the Poets of the Past: 1. Epic traditions in lyric songs; 2. The 'new Simonides': Homeric and Elegiac transformations; Part II. Simonidea: Simonides Through Ancient Receptions: 3. Pindar, Simonides and money: Pindar's Isthmian 2; 4. Simonides and wealth: a critical description of the tradition; 5. From stories to songs: Simonides êßìâéî in the fragments; 6. Simonides, history and êëÝïò: Theocritus' Charites or Hieron. Conclusion.

Richard Rawles is Lecturer in Greek at the University of Edinburgh, and has previously taught at the University of St Andrews, University College London and the University of Nottingham. With Peter Agócs and Chris Carey he has co-edited two volumes on epinician poetry, and his other publications include articles on Aeschylus, Simonides, Sappho and Theocritus.

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• Introduction; Part I. Simonides and the Poets of the Past: 1. Epic traditions in lyric songs; 2. The 'new Simonides': Homeric and Elegiac transformations; Part II. Simonidea: Simonides Through Ancient Receptions: 3. Pindar, Simonides and money: Pindar's Isthmian 2; 4. Simonides and wealth: a critical description of the tradition; 5. From stories to songs: Simonides êßìâéî in the fragments; 6. Simonides, history and êëÝïò: Theocritus' Charites or Hieron. Conclusion.