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What happened to Pindar’s family house in Thebes when Alexander the Great destroyed the city?

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Hear a reading of ancient Greek poet Pindar's first Olympic ode, commissioned by Sicilian prince Hiero — Pindar Pindar's first Olympic ode, its context, and the significance of the victory ode, or epinicion.

When Alexander the Great destroyed the city of Thebes in 335 BCE, he issued an express command to spare the family house of the poet Pindar from the general destruction. While the rest of the city was razed and its inhabitants killed or sold into slavery, Pindar's home was preserved as a mark of respect.12