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
dream shadow mankind
Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
success men hands
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
trust eye joy
Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
mind should mortals
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
dream men shadow
We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.
timeliness occasions knows
To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know.
mother men race
One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
insecure errors long
Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
water all-things drinking-water
Water is the best of all things.
wisdom yield self
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
sweet latin war
War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.
fate envied
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
silence silent left
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
grieving giving sorrow
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.