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The term “Pindaric” refers to the ode style of the Greek poet Pindar. These poems contain three parts: the strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
Pindaric ode, ceremonious poem by or in the manner of Pindar, a Greek professional lyrist of the 5th century bc. Pindar employed the triadic structure attributed to Stesichorus (7th and 6th centuries bc), consisting of a strophe (two or more lines repeated as a unit) followed by a metrically.
Pindar (/ ˈpɪndər /; Greek: Πίνδαρος Pindaros [píndaros]; Latin: Pindarus; c. 518 BC – c. 438 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the greatest, in virtue of his inspired ...
In these complex poems, Pindar commemorates the achievement of athletes and powerful rulers against the backdrop of divine favor, human failure, heroic legend, and the moral ideals of aristocratic Greek society.
A basic level guide to some of the best known and loved works of prose, poetry and drama from ancient Greece - Pindar
Each poem is fused into a unity by the fire of Pindar’s poetic inspiration, by a sweep and soar of imagination that give his poetry power and magnificence, and by the shaping and controlling discipline of a fastidious art expressed in an intensely personal style.
Pindar was the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece and the master of epinicia, choral odes celebrating victories achieved in the Pythian, Olympic, Isthmian, and Nemean games. Pindar was of noble birth, possibly belonging to a Spartan family, the Aegeids, though the evidence for this is.
