Odes of Pindar, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Odes of Pindar, Vol. 1: With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated From the Greek, To Which Is Added a Dissertation on the Olympick GamesFinder, as they are the only living Evidences of his Character.Among the Modems [5] thofe Men of Learning of the trueit Taite and Judgment, who have read and confidered the Writings of this Author in their original Language, have all agreed to confirm the great Character gis ven of him by the Ancients. And to fuch who are fiill able to examine Pindar himfelf, ' I {hall leave him to Rand or fall by his own Merit, only befpeaking their Candour in my own Behalf, if they {hall think it worth their while to perufe the following Tran¿ations of fome of his Odes: which I here oeer chie¿y to the Eagle/b Reader, to whom alone I defire to addrefs a few Confiderations, in order to prepare him to form a right Judgment, 'and in deed to have any Reliih of the Compolitions of this great Lyrick Poet, who notwith¿tanding mutt needs appear before him under great Dif advantages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.