Pythian

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• Pythian 1 ΙΕΡΩΝΙ ΑΙΤΝΑΙῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ xml:lang="en"

  A Pythian victory ode linking the athlete's triumph at Delphi to the mythological traditions of Apollo's sacred precinct.

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• Pythian 2 ΙΕΡΩΝΙ ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ

  For Hieron of Syracuse, winner of the chariot race. The myth of Ixion, who tried to seduce Hera and was bound to an ever-spinning wheel.

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• Pythian 3 ΙΕΡΩΝΙ ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙῼ ΚΕΛΗΤΙ

  For Hieron of Syracuse, winner of the chariot race. The origin of Cyrene, the nymph who wrestled lions and caught Apollo's eye.

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• Pythian 4 ΑΡΚΕΣΙΛΑι ΚΥΡΗΝΑΙῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ

  For Arcesilas of Cyrene, winner of the chariot race. The longest Pindaric ode. The Argonauts, Medea's prophecy, and the foundation of Cyrene.

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• Pythian 5 ΑΡΚΕΣΙΛΑι ΚΥΡΗΝΑΙῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ

  For Arcesilas of Cyrene, winner of the chariot race. A plea for the return of a political exile, woven into athletic celebration.

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• Pythian 6 ΞΕΝΟΚΡΑΤΕΙ ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝῼ ΑΡΜΑΤΙ

  For Xenocrates of Acragas, winner of the chariot race. Praise of the charioteer Nicomachus and the victory at Delphi.

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• Pythian 7 ΜΕΓΑΚΛΕΙ ΑΘΗΝΑΙῼ ΤΕΘΡΙΠΠῼ

  For Megacles of Athens, winner of the chariot race. Brief consolation — the Alcmaeonid family is great, even when envied.

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• Pythian 8 ΑΡΙΣΤΟΜΕΝΕΙ ΑΙΓΙΝΗΤΗι ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΗι

  For Aristomenes of Aegina, winner of the wrestling. The myth of Alcmaeon and the oracle at Delphi.

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• Pythian 9 ΤΕΛΕΣΙΚΡΑΤΕΙ ΚΥΡΗΝΑΙῼ ΟΠΛΙΤΟΔΡΟΜῼ

  For Telesicrates of Cyrene, winner of the race in armour. The myth of Iolaus and the power of inherited virtue.

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• Pythian 10 ΙΠΠΟΚΛΕΙ ΘΕΣΣΑΛῼ ΠΑΙΔΙ ΔΙΑΥΛΟΔΡΟΜῼ

  For Hippocleas of Thessaly, winner of the boys' double foot race. The myth of Perseus and the Hyperboreans.

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• Pythian 11 ΘΡΑΣΥΔΑΙῼ ΘΗΒΑΙῼ ΠΑΙΔΙ ΣΤΑΔΙΕΙ

  For Thrasydaeus of Thebes, winner of the boys' foot race. A short, intense ode on the uncertainty of fortune.

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• Pythian 12 ΜΙΔΑι ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝῼ ΑΥΛΗΤΗι

  For Midas of Acragas, winner of the flute competition. The myth of Perseus, Medusa, and Athena's invention of the flute from the Gorgon's dying cry.

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