Pindar Quotes

Poet

Pindar, a renowned Greek poet, lived from 522 BC to 443 BC. He is best known for his odes that celebrated the victors of the Olympic Games, earning him the title of 'the Olympic Poet'.

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Famous Pindar Quotes

“Mankind is a dream of a shadow.”

Dream Mankind Shadow

Author:Pindar

“Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.”

Men Dream Light Heaven Creatures Shadow Gentle Sunshine Radiant Gleam

Author:Pindar

“Men are the dreams of a shadow.”

Men Dream Shadow

Author:Pindar

“We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.”

Men Dream Shadow Transience

Book:Some Odes of Pindar: In New English Versions

Source: Some Odes of Pindar: In New English Versions

About the Author

Born: 522 BC
Died: 443 BC
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 81

Books & Sources

The Odes of PindarRelated source material

Some Odes of Pindar: In New English VersionsRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Pindar (Illustrated)Related source material

Odes of Pindar: With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is Added A Dissertation on Olympick GamesRelated source material

Pythian odesRelated source material

The OdesRelated source material

The Olympian and Pythian Odes of PindarRelated source material

The odes of PíndarRelated source material

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