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Where did Pindar spend most of his life?

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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.

Although Pindar traveled to various locations to attend Panhellenic festivals and visit the courts of aristocrats and tyrants, he generally preferred to remain loyal to his native land and spent most of his life residing in Thebes.1