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Pindar, Odes

Olympian Odes

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Olympian 2 THÊRÔNI AKRAGANTINÔi ARMATI

anaxiphorminges^* humnoi⁺,
tina theon, tin' hêrôa, tina d' andra^* keladêsomen^*;
êtoi Pisa men Dios: Olumpiada⁺ d' estasen⁺ Hêrakleês^*
akrothina^*⁺ polemou⁺:

Thêrôna de tetraorias heneka nikaphorou
[10] gegônêteon^*, opi dikaion xenôn^*, ereism' Akragantos^*,
euônumôn te paterôn^* aôton orthopolin^*:
kamontes^* hoi polla thumôi^*
hieron eschon^* oikêma potamou^*, Sikelias⁺ t' esan⁺

10
[20] ophthalmos⁺⁺, aiôn d' ephepe^* morsimos^*, plouton te kai charin^* agôn
gnêsiais ep' aretais^*.
all' ô Kronie^* pai Rheas, hedos Olumpou^* nemôn
aethlôn te koruphan poron t' Alpheou^*, iantheis aoidais
euphrôn arouran eti patrian sphisin^* komison^*

loipôi genei. tôn de pepragmenôn
[30] en dikai te kai para dikan, apoiêton^* oud' an
chronos⁺ ho pantôn patêr dunaito themen ergôn telos:
latha^* de potmôi sun eudaimoni^* genoit' an^*.
eslôn^*⁺ gar hupo⁺ charmatôn^*⁺ pêma⁺ thnaskei

palinkoton damasthen^*,
hotan theou Moira^* pempêi
anekas olbon hupsêlon^*. hepetai^* de logos euthronois^*
[40] Kadmoio kourais^*, epathon^* hai megala, penthos^* de
kressonôn^* pros^* agathôn.

zôei men en Olumpiois apothanoisa bromôi^*
keraunou^* tanuetheira^* Semela, philei de nin Pallas aiei,
kai Zeus patêr mala, philei de pais ho kissophoros^*:
legonti d' en kai thalassai^*
meta koraisi Nêrêos haliais^* bioton^* aphthiton

Inoi tetachthai ton holon^* amphi^* chronon^*^*. êtoi brotôn ge^* kekritai
peiras^* ou ti thanatou^*,
[59] oud' hêsuchimon hameran^* hopote, paid'^* haliou,
ateirei sun agathôi⁺ teleutasomen: rhoai d' allot' allai
euthumian te meta kai ponôn es andras eban^*.

houtô de Moir', ha te^* patrôion^*
tônd' echei ton euphrona potmon, theortôi sun olbôi
epi^*^*⁺ ti kai pêm'⁺ agei⁺ palintrapelon^* allôi chronôi:
[70] ex houper^* ekteine Laion morimos^* huios
sunantomenos^*, en de Puthôni chrêsthen^*

palaiphaton telessen^*.
idoisa d' oxei' Erinnus
epephne hoi sun allalophoniai^* genos arêion^*:
leiphthê de Thersandros^* eripenti Poluneikei, neois en aethlois
en machais te polemou^*

[80] timômenos, Adrastidan thalos^* arôgon domois:
hothen spermatos echonta^* rhizan^*, prepei ton Ainêsidamou
enkômiôn te meleôn luran te^* tunchanemen.
Olumpiai men gar autos
geras^* edekto, Puthôni d' homoklaron^* es adelpheon

[90] Isthmoi te koinai Charites^* anthea tethrippôn^* duôdekadromôn^*
agagon. to de tuchein^*
peirômenon agônias^* paraluei dusphronan^*.
ho man ploutos^* aretais dedaidalmenos^* pherei tôn te kai tôn^*
[100] kairon, batheian hupechôn merimnan agroteran^*,

astêr arizêlos^*, etêtumon⁺
andri phengos^*: ei de^* nin echôn tis oiden to mellon⁺,
hoti thanontôn^* men enthad' autik'^* apalamnoi^* phrenes
poinas etisan^*, ta d' en taide Dios^* archai^*
alitra kata gas^* dikazei tis echthrai

logon phrasais^* anankai:
isais^* de nuktessin aiei^*,
[110] isais d' en hamerais^* halion echontes, aponesteron
esloi dekontai^* bioton, ou chthona^* tarassontes en cheros akmai^*^*
oude pontion hudôr

keinan para diaitan^*: alla para men timiois^*
[120] theôn^*, hoitines echairon^* euorkiais^*, adakrun nemontai
aiôna: toi d' aprosoraton okcheonti^* ponon
hosoi d' etolmasan^* estris^*
hekaterôthi^* meinantes apo pampan adikôn echein

psuchan, eteilan^* Dios hodon para Kronou tursin^*: entha makarôn
nasos ôkeanides
[130] aurai peripneoisin, anthema^* de chrusou^* phlegei,
ta men chersothen ap' aglaôn dendreôn, hudôr d' alla^* pherbei,
hormoisi tôn cheras anaplekonti kai stephanois^*

boulais en orthaisi^* Rhadamanthuos,
hon patêr echei gas hetoimon autôi paredron^*,
[140] posis ho pantôn Rheas hupertaton echoisas thronon.
Pêleus^* te kai Kadmos^* en toisin alegontai:
Achillea^* t' eneik', epei Zênos êtor

litais epeise, matêr:
hos Hektor' esphale, Troias
amachon astrabê kiona^*, Kuknon^* te thanatôi poren^*,
[150] Aous te paid' Aithiopa^*. polla moi^* hup' ankônos^* ôkea belê^*
endon enti pharetras

phônanta sunetoisin^*: es de to pan hermêneôn
chatizei. sophos ho polla eidôs phuai^*: mathontes^* de labroi^*
panglôssiai, korakes hôs, akranta^* garueton^*
Dios pros ornicha theion^*.
[160] epeche^* nun skopôi^* toxon, age thume^*, tina ballomen^*

ek malthakas aute phrenos eukleas oïstous hientes; epi toi
Akraganti tanusais
audasomai^* enorkion logon alathei noôi
[170] tekein mê tin' hekaton ge eteôn polin philois andra mallon
euergetan prapisin aphthonesteron te chera

Thêrônos. all' ainon eba koros
ou dikai sunantomenos, alla margôn hup' andrôn,
to lalagêsai ethelôn kruphon te themen eslôn kalois
ergois: epei psammos arithmon peripepheugen,
[180] kai keinos hosa charmat' allois ethêken

100

tis an phrasai dunaito;

There are a total of 252 comments on and cross references to this page.

Further comments from Basil L. Gildersleeve, Pindar: The Olympian and Pythian Odes:
poem 2 (general note)
poem 2, line 1 (general note)
poem 2, line 10: hieron
poem 2, line 10: Sikelias ... ophthalmos
poem 2, line 15: iantheis
poem 2, line 17 (general note)
poem 2, line 17: tôn ... telos
poem 2, line 23 (general note)
poem 2, line 23: pempsêi
poem 2, line 25: baru
poem 2, line 29: Pallas
poem 2, line 31 (general note)
poem 2, line 39 (general note)
poem 2, line 40: tônde
poem 2, line 45 (general note)
poem 2, line 45: oxei Erinus
poem 2, line 49: arôgon
poem 2, line 54 (general note)
poem 2, line 54: koinai
poem 2, line 6: opin
poem 2, line 61 (general note)
poem 2, line 64: tis
poem 2, line 67 (general note)
poem 2, line 74: toi de
poem 2, line 75 (general note)
poem 2, line 78: Wasos
poem 2, line 83 (general note)
poem 2, line 83: Rhadamanthuos
poem 2, line 85: Hpeas ... thronon
poem 2, line 9 (general note)
poem 2, line 90 (general note)
poem 2, line 92: enti
poem 2, line 93: es de to pan
poem 2, line 94: sophos
poem 2, line 97 (general note)
poem 2, line 99: ek malthakas ... phrenos

Cross references from Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus:
1214
510

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone:
* [162-331]
* [582-625]
* [332-375]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
* [516-1057]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae:
* [633-662]
* [663-820]

Cross references from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
7, 165 [BOOK VII]
7, 154, 1 [BOOK VII]

Cross references from Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns:
* [HYMN TO APHRODITE]
* [SECOND CENTURY A.D.]

Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
4, 563 [Book 4 (d)]
5, 333 [Book 5 (e)]
4, 567 [Book 4 (d)]

Cross references from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
23, 679 [Book 23 (Ps)]

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This text is based on the following book(s):
Pindar. The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.
OCLC: 2519477
ISBN: 0674995643, 0674995341

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