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Pindar · c. 518 – after 446 BC

Olympian Odes

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The fourteen Olympian Odes celebrate victories at the Olympic Games at Olympia, in honour of Zeus. They include the story of Pelops and Hippodameia (Olympian 1), the founding of the games by Heracles (Olympian 3 and 10) and the myth of Bellerophon and Pegasus (Olympian 13).

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Text
Greek original with English translation, 13 passages, about 11100 words in English.
Translator
Sir John Sandys (1915)
Edition
Sir John Sandys (ed.), The Odes of Pindar, Loeb Classical Library, London: Heinemann; New York: Putnam, 1915 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus from the 1937 reprint)
Cite as
Pindar, Olympian Odes 1.1 (by ode, line)

Contents · 13 passages

  1. 1.1–116Olympian 1: for Hieron — Pelops and Tantalus1240 words
  2. 2.1–100Olympian 2: for Theron — the house of Cadmus and the Isles of the Blest1051 words
  3. 3.1–45Olympian 3: for Theron — Heracles and the olive tree663 words
  4. 4.1–28Olympian 4: for Psaumis — Erginus and the women of Lemnos256 words
  5. 5.1–24Olympian 5: for Psaumis — Camarina321 words
  6. 6.1–105Olympian 6: for Hagesias — Iamus, son of Apollo1372 words
  7. 7.1–95Olympian 7: for Diagoras — Rhodes and the Heliadae1287 words
  8. 8.1–88Olympian 8: for Alcimedon — Aeacus and the walls of Troy903 words
  9. 9.1–112Olympian 9: for Epharmostus — Deucalion and Opus1065 words
  10. 10.1–105Olympian 10: for Hagesidamus — Heracles and the first Olympic games1024 words
  11. 11.1–12.19Olympians 11-12: Hagesidamus and the Locrians; Ergoteles and Fortune414 words
  12. 13.1–115Olympian 13: for Xenophon — Corinth and Bellerophon1278 words
  13. 14.1–24Olympian 14: for Asopichus — the Graces of Orchomenus257 words

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English translation by Sir John Sandys (1915). Original text: Sir John Sandys (ed.), The Odes of Pindar, Loeb Classical Library, London: Heinemann; New York: Putnam, 1915 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus from the 1937 reprint).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library, Greek text); translation public domain (OCR from the Internet Archive scan). Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.