To the Gods of Hellas: Lyrics of the Greek Games at Barnard College 9780231898508

Presents a volume of lyrics from the Greek Games at Barnard College. The Greek Games is a spring festival which includes

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Table of contents :
Foreword
To the Gods of Hellas – Text
Acknowledgment
Index of Titles
Index of Authors
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TO OF

THE

GODS

HELLAS

COMPILED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE

ASSOCIATE ALUMNAE OF BARNARD COLLEGE BY THE

ALUMNAE COUNCIL

TO T H E G O D S OF H E L L A S LYRICS OF THE GREEK GAMES AT BARNARD COLLEGE EDITED BY

HELEN

ERSKINE

N E W YORK C O L U M B I A U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS

1930

Copyright 1930 COLUMBIA U N I V E R S I T Y

PRESS

Published March, 1930

PRINTED IN T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S OP AMERICA T H E PLIMPTON P R E S S , NORWOOD, MASS.

BY

THE RUNNER

(FRONTISPIECE)

The line of Greek engraved on the base of the statue by Agamemnon. Chester Beach is taken from Aeschylus' tragedy In form the letters are such as were commonly used for inscriptions at Athens about 400 B.C. In the modern type the line looks thus: 5'

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" Victor is he that runs first and l a s t . " In the original passage Clytemnestra is describing the chain of fire-signals by means of which the news of the capture of Troy was relayed to Argos. With splendid imagery she puts into her account an allusion to the torch-race, a form of contest apparently introduced at Athens not long before 4 5 8 B.C., the date of the first production of Agamemnon. The victory is said to g o to " the first and last runner " because all the runners, not merely the final one, of the winning side, are responsible for it.

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