The driving idea behind Pindar's art is to make such moments immortal through poetry - but for a poet to actually capture the moment also requires the skills of a seer; and for one to understand and translate its mute message, that of a philosopher - Pindar is all these things. https://twitter.com/vapidcontent/status/1028404347653246983 …
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
Which poems do you feel best encapsulate such moments?
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Replying to @warm_horizons
Pythian 1, 2 & 4 and Olympian 1 are the best at doing this. Pythian 1 achieves it by comparing the moment to extreme physical phenomena and linking them to mythology from the city of the victor, thereby linking him both to the gods and to nature (both eternal).
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Pythian 2 does it by admonishing the victor on his problematic proximity to the divine, while Pythian 4 creates an epic style which is a synthesis of Pindar and Homer to tell a long story which weaves together past, present & future around the history of the victor & his royalty.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi @warm_horizons
Olympian 1 is a mix of the characteristics found in Pythian 1 and 2, along with an introduction just as solemn as the first Pythian's, but its myths are perhaps more direct in their connection to Hiero, the victor.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi
Sounds very interesting, I hope to get around to reading it.
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It's all available on http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
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