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Bust of Pindar, Roman copy (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Bust of Pindar, Roman copy (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Wikimedia Commons

Author

Pindar

c. 518–after 446 BC · Lyric poet

A Theban aristocrat who wrote choral songs for the winners at the great games, setting each victory beside the myths of gods and heroes. Alexander spared his house when he razed Thebes.

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The Olympian, Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian Odes, in Greek beside English.

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