Pindar
Pindar
Pindarwas an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the greatest, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich exuberance of his language and matter, and his rolling flood of eloquence, characteristics which, as Horace rightly held, make him inimitable." His poems however can also seem difficult and...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
humility humble pride
Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
grieving giving sorrow
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
small-things
I will be small in small things, great among great.