Pindar (522-438 BC), the greatest Greek lyric poet, brought choral poetry to perfection. Unlike the personal lyrics of his predecessors, his works were meant to be recited by choruses of young men and women and accompanied by music. Pindar was born at...

This judgment by Quintilian in his first-century- A.D. survey of Greek poets, Institutio Oratoria, was the standard evaluation of Pindar throughout antiquity and helps to explain why a substantial portion (about one-fourth) of his work has survived...

"Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the greatest." This judgment by Quintilian in his first-century-A.D. survey of Greek poets, Institutio Oratoria, was the standard evaluation of Pindar throughout antiquity and helps to explain why a...

PINDAR. The links between poetry and religion were tight in ancient Greece, and Pindar (c. 518–c. 438 BCE) was no exception. Born in Cynoscephalae (near Thebes) and educated in Thebes and Athens, he had a special relationship with the Sicilian...

Pindar (or Pindarus, Greek: Πίνδαρος) (probably born 522 BC in Cynoscephalae, a village in Boeotia; died 443 BC in Argos), was a Greek lyric poet. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, Pindar is the one whose work is best...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Greek Lyric Poetry: Pindar What Does Lyric Poetry Mean? Lyric in the days of ancient Greece meant poems which are to be sung, accompanied by the music of the lyre (a harplike, stringed instrument). The poems dealt with the poet's personal...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Poems: 1. Pindaric Ode = three stanzas (strophe, antistrophe, epode). Strophe and antistrophe (an Tiss tro fee) = same in meter and music, the chorus being in two parts. The epodes are sung and performed (danced) by the entire chorus; the...

In the essay below, Rubin describes various roles played by the poet-persona of the "First Olympian, " revealing a correlation between the mythic and non-mythic roles of the poet.

In the essay below, Freeman surveys Pindar's odes for the poet's own views about his art in many of its aspects.

In the excerpt below, Vivante examines action in Pindar's odes as expressing fulfillment of mythic forms rather than individual feats.