Περὶ Πινδάρου
concerning Pindar
Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
They say that Alexander razed Thebes to the ground and, sparing only priests and priestesses, enslaved the rest; and they say that he protected the house of the poet Pindar and the descendants of Pindar from harm, out of reverence for Pindar -- so says Arrian the historian in book 1 of his Anabasis of Alexander.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περὶ Πινδάρου· ὅτι τὰς Θήβας τὴν πόλιν Ἀλέξανδρόν φασιν εἰς ἔδαφος κατασκάψαι καὶ πλὴν ἱερῶν τε καὶ ἱερέων τοὺς ἄλλους ἀνδραποδίσαι· καὶ τὴν Πινδάρου δὲ τοῦ ποιητοῦ οἰκίαν καὶ τοὺς ἀπογόνους τοῦ Πινδάρου λέγουσιν ὅτι ἀπαθεῖς ἐφύλαξεν, αἰδοῖ τῇ Πινδάρου, ὡς φησὶν Ἀρριανὸς ὁ ἱστορικὸς ἐν τῇ αʹ Ἀναβάσει Ἀλεξάνδρου.
Betacode
*peri\ *pinda/rou: o(/ti ta\s *qh/bas th\n po/lin *)ale/candro/n fasin ei)s e)/dafos kataska/yai kai\ plh\n i(erw=n te kai\ i(ere/wn tou\s a)/llous a)ndrapodi/sai: kai\ th\n *pinda/rou de\ tou= poihtou= oi)ki/an kai\ tou\s a)pogo/nous tou= *pinda/rou le/gousin o(/ti a)paqei=s e)fu/lacen, ai)doi= th=| *pinda/rou, w(s fhsi\n *)arriano\s o( i(storiko\s e)n th=| a# *)anaba/sei *)aleca/ndrou.
Notes
Linked from2 entries
- ε3360Εὐαγήςbrilliant, holy, undefiled[Meaning he who/that which is] well led-around. A metaphorical circle. And in the Epigrams: "this dust covers the Pierian trumpet, Pindar the weighty smith of holy hymns."
- π1617ΠίνδαροςPindarOf Thebes, son of Skopelinos, but according to some [son] of Daiphantes -- which is more likely true: for the son of Skopelinos is more obscure and a kinsman of Pindar. Some also have recorded that he is [the son] of…
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