But if a man shall hope in aught he does To escape the eyes of god, he makes an error. - Pindar

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But if a man shall hope in aught he does
To escape the eyes of god, he makes an error.

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About Pindar

Pindar (518 BC – 438 BC) was a Boeotian poet, counted as one of the nine lyric poets of Greece. The only works of his to have survived complete are a series of odes written to celebrate the victors in athletic games.

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Native Name: Πίνδαρος
Alternative Names: Pindarus Pindaros Dircæan Swan

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ἐπάμεροι: τί δέ τις;
τί δ᾽ οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ
ἄνθρωπος. ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν αἴγλα διόσδοτος ἔλθῃ,
λαμπρὸν φέγγος ἔπεστιν ἀνδρῶν καὶ μείλιχος αἰών

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