Pindar

[ pin-der ]

/ ˈpɪn dər /

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noun

522?–443? b.c., Greek poet.

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How to use Pindar in a sentence

If inferior to Pindar in passion and loftiness, it glows with a more genial humanity and with purer wit.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
In form and spirit they resemble both the poems of the Hebrew psalter and the lyrics of Pindar.
Sacred Books of the East|Various
He was opposed by many of the academicians, and bitterly attacked by Peter Pindar.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
When a thought of Plato becomes a thought 30 to me,—when a truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine, time is no more.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

But other blacks prefer to believe that, as Pindar puts the Phrygian legend, the sun saw men growing like trees.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for Pindar

Pindar

/ (ˈpɪndə) /

noun

?518–?438 bc, Greek lyric poet, noted for his Epinikia, odes commemorating victories in the Greek games

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