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Where the fuck do you start with Pindar

>>18806412
in some way Pindar
>you can scape this futile existance riddled with suffering and free yourself from the mortal destiny obtaining great glory in the battle or the olympic games that promises eternal joy to heros in the Olympus with the immortal Gods

>>18625569
same of this kind: 'The True Word' by Celsus and 'Epistle concerning the Christian religion' by Pliny the Younger.

The most similar thing to a pagan apologist was Pindar, as far as I know. He was the favourite of the sacerdotal caste in Greece, in oposition to Homer that portrayed the Gods with a lot human imperfections, Pindar was the opposite to this. Also Hesiod was more like Pindar in this Aspect.

A different profile in the other side, defending Homer, was Heraclitus the Homeric (commentator). In his work, Heraclitus defended Homer against those who denounced him for his immoral portrayals of the gods. Heraclitus based his defense of Homer on allegorical interpretation.

So if I write poems and songs praising Messi, Ronaldo and other modern athletes I might become a celebrated poet in some centuries?

Don't you guys ever get the urge to make a blog or a youtube channel to talk about books?

With all those channels that only talk about YA isn't there a place on YT for discussion about serious books, isn't there a demographic for this? And I'm not really talking about academic level of discussion, just channels were people don't read just infantile shit, I mean, I can't find ONE channel that talks about Milton or Kafka in a more casual way.

Do people that read great books become more self-aware and, therefore, more afraid to receive critics for talking about more deep works?

What do you guys think about this?

Which translation of Pindar should I get?

Pindar is the greatest Greek poet.

I bring you today ALL you will ever need:

“Become what you are, having learned it.”

There you go. All our disgrace comes from our own actions which are based on an ignorance: we think we are something we are not; therefore, to make things right we need to learn and accept who we are and act accordingly. This way, all problems will vanish and life will go by itself.