PINDAR

born 518/522 BC, Cynoscephalae, Boeotia, Greece died after 446, , probably c. 438, Argos Greek Pindaros, Latin Pindarus the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece, the master of epinicia, choral odes celebrating victories achieved in the Pythian, Olympic, Isthmian, and Nemean games. Additional reading A full account of editions, commentaries, translations, and criticism to 1966 may be found in Douglas E. Gerber, A Bibliography of Pindar, 15131966 (1969). R.W.B. Burton, Pindar's Pythian Odes (1962), analyzes and explains these epinicia poem by poem. C.M. Bowra, Pindar (1964), gives a sensitive appreciation of the poet's personality and art.