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Pindar

When and where was Pindar born?

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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.

Pindar was born probably in 518 BCE in Cynoscephalae, located in the region of Boeotia, Greece.1