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
fall men growing
Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
envy praise
Envy bestrides praise.
sweet flower lovely
In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.
authority conventions rulers
Convention is the ruler of all.
moving sea voice
If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
silence deeds good-deeds
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
sweet war
War is sweet to those who never tried it.
men righteous-man righteous
Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
kings law mortals
Law , the king of all mortals and immortals.
empty-mind envy mind
Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.
truth tongue anvils
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.
light shining afar
The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
silence deeds noble
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
favors littles looks
Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.