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The ancient testimonies on the dithyramb have been collected in Dana Ferrin Sutton, Dithyrambographi Graeci (1989). Translations of 5th-century dithyrambic authors are in David A. Campbell (ed. and trans.), Greek Lyric V: The New School of Poetry and Anonymous Songs and Hymns (1993). Studies include Arthur Pickard-Cambridge, Dithyramb, Tragedy, and Comedy, 2nd ed., rev. by T.B.L. Webster (1962); and Bernd Seidensticker, “Dithyramb, Comedy, and Satyr-Play,” chapter 3 in Justina Gregory (ed.), A Companion to Greek Tragedy (2005), pp. 38–54.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Minor updates. | Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Deleted Web site: Bacchylides, "The Theseus Dithyramb". | Apr 07, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Entertainment - Dithyramb. | Dec 07, 2011 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | May 02, 2008 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | May 02, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 17, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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