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Stesichorus (Greek: Στησίχορος, Stēsikhoros, c. 630–555 BC) was the first great lyric poet of the West. He is best known for telling epic stories in lyric metres but he is also famous for some ancient traditions about his life, such as his opposition to the tyrant Phalaris, and the blindness he is said to have incurred and cured by composing verses first insulting and then flattering to Helen of Troy. He was ranked among the nine lyric poets esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria and yet his work attracted relatively little interest among ancient commentators, so that remarkably few fragments of his poetry now survive. As one scholar observed in 1967: "Time has dealt more harshly with Stesichorus than with any other major lyric ...more

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	Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, Stesichorus (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 36,108 ratings — published 1998 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greek Lyric Poetry by M.L. West (Translator), Archilochus, Semonides 3.87 avg rating — 497 ratings — published -450 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lirici greci by Archilochus, Semonides, Hipponax 4.13 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greek Lyric, Volume III: Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides, and Others by Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lirici greci by Callinus, Archilochus, Hipponax 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stesichorus: The Poems (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 54) by Stesichorus, M. Davies (Editor), P.J. Finglass (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Τέρπανδρος, Αλκμάν, Αρίων, Πιττακός, Βίας, Χ(ε)ίλων, Θαλής, Θαλήτας, Κλεόβουλος, Εχέμβροτος, Σακάδας, Ξάνθος, Στησίχορος (Λυρικοί Ποιητές, #5) by Αλκμάν, Αρίων, Βίας really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragmenta Stesichori Lyrici: In Unum Collecta Certo Ordine Digesta Et Interpretatione (1771) (Latin Edition) by Stesichorus, Joannes Andreas Suchfort 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stesichoros' Fragmente und Biographie (Classic Reprint) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stesichori Himerensis Fragmenta 1828 Leather Bound 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars