Olympian

Books

• Olympian 1 ΙΕΡΩΝΙ ΣΥΡΑΚΟΥΣΙῼ ΚΕΛΗΤΙ

  For Hieron of Syracuse, winner of the horse race. The origin of the Olympic Games and the myth of Pelops.

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• Olympian 2 ΘΗΡΩΝΙ ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ

  For Theron of Acragas, winner of the chariot race. The myth of the Theban heroes and the cycle of fortune.

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• Olympian 3 ΘΗΡΩΝΙ ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ ΕΙΣ ΘΕΟΞΕΝΙΑ

  For Theron of Acragas. The Dioscuri, the blessings of the just, and the punishments of the wicked in the afterlife.

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• Olympian 4 ΨΑΥΜΙΔΙ ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑΙῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ

  For Psaumis of Camarina, winner of the mule-cart race. Brief, vivid, and celebratory.

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• Olympian 5 ΨΑΥΜΙΔΙ ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑΙῼ ΑΠΗΝΗ

  For Psaumis of Camarina, winner of the mule-cart race. Fortune, piety, and the praise of honest achievement.

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• Olympian 6 ΑΓΗΣΙΑι ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙῼ ΑΠΗΝΗι

  For Hagesias of Syracuse, winner of the mule-cart race. The myth of Iamos and the prophetic family at Olympia.

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• Olympian 7 ΔΙΑΓΟΡΑι ΡΟΔΙῼ ΠΥΚΤΗι

  For Diagoras of Rhodes, winner of the boxing. The most celebrated ode in antiquity — it was inscribed in gold letters in the temple of Athena at Lindos.

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• Olympian 8 ΑΛΚΙΜΕΔΟΝΤΙ ΑΙΓΙΝΗΤΗι ΠΑΙΔΙ ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΗι

  For Alcimedon of Aegina, winner of the boys' wrestling. The glory of Aegina and the training of young athletes.

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• Olympian 9 ΕΦΑΡΜΟΣΤῼ ΟΠΟΥΝΤΙῼ ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΗι

  For Epharmostus of Opuntian Locris, winner of the wrestling. The myth of Deucalion's flood and the origin of the Locrian people.

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• Olympian 10 ΑΓΗΣΙΔΑΜῼ ΛΟΚΡῼ ΕΠΙΖΕΦΥΡΙῼ ΠΑΙΔΙ ΠΥΚΤΗι

  For Hagesidamus of Western Locris, winner of the boys' boxing. The trainer Ilas is praised alongside the athlete.

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• Olympian 11 ΑΓΗΣΙΔΑΜῼ ΛΟΚΡῼ ΕΠΙΖΕΦΨΡΙῼ ΠΑΙΔΙ ΠΥΚΤΗι

  Pindar celebrates an athletic victory with the full apparatus of choral lyric — myth, gnome, and praise woven into a complex ode that honours both the winner and his city.

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• Olympian 12 ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΙ ΙΜΕΡΑΙῼ ΔΟΛΙΧΟΔΡΟΜῼ

  Pindar celebrates an athletic victory with the full apparatus of choral lyric — myth, gnome, and praise woven into a complex ode that honours both the winner and his city.

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• Olympian 13 ΧΕΝΟΦΩΝΤΙ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙῼ ΣΤΑΔΙΟΔΡΟΜῼ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΘΛῼ

  Pindar celebrates an athletic victory with the full apparatus of choral lyric — myth, gnome, and praise woven into a complex ode that honours both the winner and his city.

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• Olympian 14 ΑΣΩΠΙΧῼ ΟΡΧΟΜΕΝΙῼ ΣΤΑΔΙΕΙ (παιδὶ Κλεοδάμου)

  Pindar celebrates an athletic victory with the full apparatus of choral lyric — myth, gnome, and praise woven into a complex ode that honours both the winner and his city.

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