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130 entries for Pindar

ι424Ἰοστέφανοιviolet-crownedPindar [says]: "shining and violet-crowned Athens."Matched in translationhighshort
δ37Δαμασίφρωνheart-conquering[Meaning] he who/that which is able to deceive. Pindar [writes]: "heart-conquering gold".Matched in translationhighshort
χ33Χαλκευτήςsmith"This dust covers Pindar, the Pierian trumpet, the mighty smith of holy hymns."Matched in translationhighshort
μ380Μεγάνορος πλούτου[more than] lordly wealthPindar [sc. says this]. ['Lordly' meaning] strong, powerful, giving of manliness; since gold is very powerful. For it is said to be the sinews of war, as Pindar says.Matched in translationhighshort
α2786Ἀνύπαρκτονnon-existent[Meaning] that which does not exist. Compare the Pindaric [phrase]: "What is anyone? What is he not? Man is a dream of a shadow." Meaning more non-existent than the non-existent. But here this word …Matched in translationhighmedium
β340Βληχρόνfaint[Meaning something] weak in Homer and in Alcaeus; but Pindar says this to mean strong.Matched in translationhighshort
ι723Ἰσχύωνpowerful… the winged eagle and outstrips the dolphin in the sea". Pindar says this.Matched in translationhighshort
αι122Αἰθὴρether, sky… [treats] ai)qh/r as feminine: "out of [the] bright sky." And Pindar also: "through [the] desolate sky." [sc. He calls it 'desolate'] because being fiery it gives no nourishment. And elsewhere: "driving a chariot over …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3360Εὐαγήςbrilliant, holy, undefiled… And in the Epigrams: "this dust covers the Pierian trumpet, Pindar the weighty smith of holy hymns."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1107Κάτωθεfrom below… word is spelled] without the [final] n among Dorians. And Pindar [ does] likewise. "For I come from the countryside [a)gro/qe] from Khariklo and Philyra".Matched in translationhighshort
κ2087ΚορίνναKorinna, Corinna… Muia ["Fly"]. Lyric poetess. She is said to have defeated Pindar [sc. in competition] five times. She wrote 5 books, both epigrams and lyric nomes.Matched in translationhighshort
χ478Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρmoney money (is the) manThis is proverbial, like the sayings of the Seven Sages. Pindar and Alcaeus mention it. Similar to it [are] "the office reveals the man", "steer your own course" and "know thyself". Alcaeus says it …Matched in translationhighshort
ε745Ἐλασίβροντ' ἀναρρηγνὺς ἔπηbreaking forth thunder-driving words… [sc. says this]. From the [things that are] origin[ally] in Pindar: "o thunder-driving child of Rhea". ['Thunder-driving'] meaning [things] driven by thunder, that is [he is] talking big and using expressions that are overly …Matched in translationhighshort
α3741Ἄρασθαιto lift up, to raise up… this greatness and immensity and 'I decline' the priesthood like Pindar, not as something baser, as he [did], but as something better than myself."Matched in translationhighmedium
λ673ΛοξίαςLoxias… us and hits us with a harsh stone, according to Pindar."Matched in translationhighshort
ε2092Ἐπέτειονthis year's… [be spelled] not with a phi but a pi), as Pindar says [= does], and Demosthenes.. Also [sc. attested is] e)pe/teios ["annual"], [meaning] that which happens yearly.Matched in translationhighshort
λ775Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπεινto see more sharp-sightedly than Lynkeus… see, through a fir, Kastor treacherously murder his brother, as Pindar says. And Apollonius in Argonautica [writes]: "if the story is indeed true, that that man could easily see even below the earth".Matched in translationhighshort
α1941Ἄναλκιςpowerless, impotent… that] "great danger does not take a powerless mortal," as Pindar says; but also the great man offers no small contest. But whenever other exiles run away because of lack of manliness, then one …Matched in translationhighshort
β139Βάσανοςtouchstone, test… gold when it is rubbed against it. Thus Antiphon and Pindar and Sophokles. But Hyperides calls ba/sanoi the things said in interrogation by those who are being tested and written up. And [there is] …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ217Καλλιγύναικαbeautiful-womened… as again here, in the accusative case. Compare also e.g. Pindar, Pythian 9.74.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1496ΔράκωνDrakon, Dracon, Draco… According to Conjugation; On Antonyms; On Metres; On Satyrs; On Pindar's Lyric Poems; On Sappho's Metres; On Alcaeus' Lyric Poems.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1725ΚλεόνικοςKleonikos, CleonicusSeveral bearers of it are known: see e.g. Pindar, Isthmians 5.55 and 6.16 (K. of Aigina [Myth, Place]); and K. of Naupaktos in Polybius 5.95.12 etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1109Κατωκάραhead downwards… downwards" amongst Attic [speakers], not separately, but as one [word]. Pindar [writes]: "they have been bound head downwards with chains." Agathias [writes]: "slipping on the declivity and falling headlong into the sea, they were …Matched in translationhighmedium
β144Βασιλεὺς μέγαςGreat King… by force. But [some] use both nouns without distinction. For Pindar calls Hieron a king, although he was a tyrant, and [others do the same with] Dionysios; and Eupolis calls Peisistratos a king. And …Matched in translationhighmedium
αι270Αἰπεινόςlofty… to high places (see alphaiota 269), but used metaphorically by Pindar, e.g. Olympian 9.108 "The paths to skill are steep" (web address 1); see LSJ s.v., II.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3811Εὐφρόνηkindly time… See also epsilon 3812, nu 612. In poetry, initially (Hesiod, Pindar). [2] Herodotus 7.188.2: web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
α1514Ἄμαχονimpossible, unconquerable[Meaning something] difficult to overcome. Pindar [writes]: "[it is] impossible to conceal one's inherent nature." Aelian [writes]: "they brought back an impossible multitude of fishes and raised up a trophy and erected altars." And …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3846Ἐφάψασθαιto lay hold of… infinitive of e)fa/ptw. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Pindar, Nemeans 9.47, though there are many other possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort
ι40ἸαολκόςIaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus… D2. The present entry's Iaolkos form occurs in Homer and Pindar.Matched in noteshighshort
λ516ΛιθοδικτῶI stone-cast… [1] For which see LSJ s.v. dikei=n (sic); instances in Pindar and tragedy.Matched in noteshighshort

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