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Pindar was in Sicily when this ode was recited before the banquet given in celebration of the victory at Chromios ' house in Ortygia , at which the poet was apparently himself present .
Pindar was in Sicily when this ode was recited before the banquet given in celebration of the victory at Chromios ' house in Ortygia , at which the poet was apparently himself present .
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The meaning of the sentence is , “ The consummation ( or “ first prize ' ) of highest renown ' - i.e . celebration in songhas its occasion in victory . ' For the sentiment cf. Ρyth . Ι . fη . το δε παθείν ευ πρώτον αέθλων · ευ δ ...
The meaning of the sentence is , “ The consummation ( or “ first prize ' ) of highest renown ' - i.e . celebration in songhas its occasion in victory . ' For the sentiment cf. Ρyth . Ι . fη . το δε παθείν ευ πρώτον αέθλων · ευ δ ...
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The citizens are bidden to celebrate Timodêmos ' return as victor from Nemea . Στρ . α ' . " Οθεν περ και Ομηρίδαι ραπτών επέων τα πόλλ ' αοιδοί άρχονται , Διός εκ προοιμίου και όδ ' ανήρ καταβολάν ιερών αγώνων νικαφορίας δέδεκται ...
The citizens are bidden to celebrate Timodêmos ' return as victor from Nemea . Στρ . α ' . " Οθεν περ και Ομηρίδαι ραπτών επέων τα πόλλ ' αοιδοί άρχονται , Διός εκ προοιμίου και όδ ' ανήρ καταβολάν ιερών αγώνων νικαφορίας δέδεκται ...
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The Athenian Olympia , celebrated in the Spring , between the great Dionysia and the Bendideia . There was perhaps some special reason why the Timodêmidae do not appear in connection with the Olympian games . Note the emphatic position ...
The Athenian Olympia , celebrated in the Spring , between the great Dionysia and the Bendideia . There was perhaps some special reason why the Timodêmidae do not appear in connection with the Olympian games . Note the emphatic position ...
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A more comprehensible explanation is to be found , without even making the poet say the celebration of the victory when he means the victory . Probably the Theban Hêrakleia were celebrated at the beginning of the month , for the theme ...
A more comprehensible explanation is to be found , without even making the poet say the celebration of the victory when he means the victory . Probably the Theban Hêrakleia were celebrated at the beginning of the month , for the theme ...
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| Title | The Nemean and Isthmian odes |
| Author | Pindar |
| Editor | Charles Augustus Maude Fennell |
| Contributor | Charles Augustus Maude Fennell |
| Publisher | University Press, 1883 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 266 pages |
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