WRITER

Pindar

517 BC - 437 BC

Pindar

Pindar (; Ancient Greek: Πίνδαρος Pindaros [píndaros]; Latin: Pindarus; c. 518 BC – c. 438 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the greatest, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich exuberance of his language and matter, and his rolling flood of eloquence, characteristics which, as Horace rightly held, make him inimitable." His poems can also, however, seem difficult and even peculiar. The Athenian comic playwright Eupolis once remarked that they "are already reduced to silence by the disinclination of the multitude for elegant learning". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pindar is the 171st most popular writer (down from 168th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Greece (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Writer.

Pindar is most famous for his odes, a type of lyric poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pindar ranks 171 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Novalis, Heinrich Böll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, and Rudyard Kipling. After him are Nicolas Flamel, André Breton, Wisława Szymborska, William Faulkner, Anna Wintour, and John Milton.

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Pindar
WRITER
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 1

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Pindar
WRITER
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 1

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pindar ranks 49 out of 1,024. Before him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Miltiades (-540), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Pope Sixtus II (215), Alcibiades (-450), and Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318). After him are Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Menander (-342), Antisthenes (-445), Praxiteles (-395), and Irene of Athens (752).

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Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
POLITICIAN
1493 - 1536
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 43
Miltiades
MILITARY PERSONNEL
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 80.08
Rank: 44
Aristarchus of Samos
ASTRONOMER
311 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 45
Pope Sixtus II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
215 - 258
HPI: 79.64
Rank: 46
Alcibiades
POLITICIAN
450 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 47
Pyrrhus of Epirus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 48
Pindar
WRITER
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 49
Queen Sofía of Spain
NOBLEMAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 50
Apollodorus of Athens
PHILOSOPHER
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 51
Menander
WRITER
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 52
Antisthenes
PHILOSOPHER
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 53
Praxiteles
SCULPTOR
395 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 54
Irene of Athens
POLITICIAN
752 - 803
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 55