Author
Pindar
5th-century BC Greek lyric poet, born at Cynocephalus. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.
- Lived
- 6th–5th c. BC
- Kinds of writing
- Lyric poetry (4)
- Dialect
- Doric
- In the library
- 4 works, 4 with an English translation; 24,857 words analysed
Where to begin
The works here with a translation and the most familiar vocabulary: the fewest rare words to look up. That is vocabulary only; grammar, dialect and ideas may still be demanding.
What Pindar wrote
In The Painted Stoa
Entries that quote or point to Pindar's Greek.
How Athenian potters made pictures that have lasted 2,500 yearsBlack-figure and red-figureThe painted pots of Athens are the largest body of Greek pictures to survive: gods and heroes, athletes and drinkers, weddings, funerals and battles, on thousands of vessels that were made to be used.Where Greeks went when doctors failed: a night in the god's hallAsclepius and the healing sleepA sick Greek who could afford the journey might go to a sanctuary of Asclepius, the god of healing, wash, make an offering, and lie down for the night in a special hall, hoping the god would come in a dream and cure him.
More
- The most mentioned words in Pindar (the Census)
- Your own notes on Pindar (the Treasury)