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The 13 pages that link to Pindar, each with the reason it gives.

• Greek mythologyRelated: His odes invoke myths to frame victories and honor communities.

• Lyric poetryRelated: His choral odes show that ancient lyric poetry included public, ceremonial performance.

• ZeusRelated: His odes invoke Zeus as a source of divine authority and the order behind human success.

• OdeRelated: His victory poems became a defining ancient model for formal odes.

• MetempsychosisRelated: A fragment attributed to him describes a cycle of lives and postmortem reward.

• Simonides of CeosCompared with: Pindar was Simonides’ leading contemporary rival in commissioned victory poetry.

• BacchylidesCompared with: Pindar's parallel career offers the clearest comparison with Bacchylides' victory songs.

• GelonRelated: His poetry celebrated Sicilian rulers and the prestige their victories brought.

• StesichorusRelated: His expansive choral odes belong to a tradition in which Stesichorus was a major precursor.

• Ancient Olympic pentathlonRelated: His odes preserve evidence about the prestige and celebration of athletic victories.

• Hamilcar I of CarthageRelated: His poetry celebrates the Sicilian Greek victory associated with Himera.

• Leonidas of RhodesRelated: His odes show an earlier tradition of turning athletic victories into lasting public memory.

• Nine Lyric PoetsBroader topic: His elaborate odes are among the fullest surviving works by any of the Nine.