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Look up: Pindar

  1. Pindar
    ancient Greek writer of victory odes, epinician, in honor of the winners of athletic competitions; Pindar was commissioned to composed the odes by the victor, the victor`s family, or the victor`s hometown; born in Thebes in 518 BCE, Pindar wrote his first ode, Pythian 10, at age 20 and his last, Pyt...
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  2. Pindar
    [n] - Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Pindar
    (c. 518-c. 438 BC) Greek lyric poet. He is noted for his surviving choral songs, or odes, written in honour...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. pindar
    <botany> The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); so called in the West Indies. ... Origin: D. Piendel. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  5. Pindar
    noun Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC)
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  6. Pindar
    • (n.) The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); -- so called in the West Indies.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Pindar
    the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece and the master of epinicia, choral odes celebrating victories achieved in the Pythian, Olympic, Isthmian, ... [12 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/69

  8. Pindar
    Pindar (pin'dur) , 518?–c.438 B.C., Greek poet, generally regarded as the greatest Greek lyric poet. A Boeotian of noble birth, he lived principally at Thebes. He traveled widely, staying for some time at Athens and in Sicily at the court of Hiero I at Syracuse and also at Acragas (modern ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  9. Pindar
    `Pindar` (, Pindaros, ; ) (ca. 522–443 BC), was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, Pindar is the one whose work is best preserved. Quintilian described him as "by far the greatest of the nine lyric poets, in virtue of his inspired mag...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindar



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