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Pythian 8, 'Approaching Pindar' by William Harris (text, translation, analysis) Pindar by Gregory Crane, in the Perseus Encyclopedia; Pindar's Life by Basil L. Gildersleeve, in Pindar: The Olympian and Pythian Odes; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Pindar, Olympian Odes, I, 1–64; read by William Mullen
Olympian 8, 'For Alcimedon of Aegina', is an ode by the 5th century BC Greek poet Pindar. [1] ... Pindar: The Olympian and Pythian Odes. Harper's Classical Series.
Pindar attributes the founding of the Nemean Games to Adrastus. [61] And, after the death of Amphiaraus, Pindar has Adrastus say: "I dearly miss the eye of my army, good both as a seer and at fighting with the spear." [62] In Pythian 8, Pindar mentions Ardastus receiving a prophecy from the dead Amphiaraus during the battle of the Epigoni at ...
Pindar's eighth Pythian ode relates a prophecy by Amphiaraus that the Epigoni will conquer Thebes, and that Alcmaeon will be the first through the gates. [3] The mythographer Apollodorus, also states that the other Epigoni received an oracle instructing them to make Alcmaeon their leader, and therefore convinced him to go with them, although he was unwilling. [4]
Pindar worked on lyric poetry. [8] The largest part of his surviving works is the Victory Odes (Epinikia), chorus songs to be sung in the homeland of the winner of the Games upon his return. The Greek aristocracy of the first half of the 5th century BC, mostly the tyrants of Sicily and the conservative aristocracy of Aegina , constituted the ...
Pindar's First Pythian Ode is an ancient Greek epinicion praising Hiero of Syracuse for a victory in the Pythian Games. It was to be sung at a grand musical festival, celebrating Hiero of Syracuse's achievements and the founding of the new city, Aetna. Most of Pindar's signature characteristics and signature style appear in this poem.
As recorded in Pindar's ninth Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, [2] and the naiad Chlidanope. [3] [4] According to Apollonius Rhodius, she also had a sister called Larissa. [5] Cyrene's other sisters were Themisto, [6] Alcaea [4] and Astyagyia. [7] By the god Apollo, she bore Aristaeus and Idmon. Aristaeus ...
Pindar's Eighth Nemean Ode is an ancient Greek epinikion celebrating a victory of Deinias of Aegina.The poem's exact occasion is uncertain, but a success in the diaulos race at the Nemean games is presumed to be the athletic contest in question. [2]