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Pindar

American  
[pin-der] / ˈpɪn dər /

noun

  1. 522?–443? b.c., Greek poet.


Pindar British  
/ ˈpɪndə /

noun

  1. ?518–?438 bc , Greek lyric poet, noted for his Epinikia, odes commemorating victories in the Greek games

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Over the past 18 months there have been a number of management reshuffles at the company, a restructure, and one of its shareholders called for the removal of its chairman, Paul Pindar.

From BBC May 17, 2023

The Greek poet Pindar said that “neither disease nor bitter old age is mixed in their sacred blood.”

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2018

“Neither disease nor bitter old age is mixed / in their sacred blood,” the poet Pindar wrote of the Hyperboreans in the fifth century B.C.

From The New Yorker Apr. 17, 2017

Pindar Van Arman, 42, a board member for The Colonies condo complex of about 1,000 residents, said he is excited to live within walking distance of the McLean Metro station.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2016

Pindar is my authority for Aesculapius, whose life he tells in full.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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