Pindar

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Basic data

  1. 522 BCE (other sources: 518 BCE)
  2. between January 1, 445 BCE and December 31, 443 BCE
  3. Lyriker, Dichter
  4. Theben

Iconography

Pindar, Roman copy of Greek 5th century BC bust (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples) (Source: Wikimedia)
Enthroned Pindar with lyre, Muse and poetess. Antique fresco in Pompeii (Source: Wikimedia)
A short Heracles: Pindar once ignored the traditional image of Heracles, the supreme example of the heroic physique, and described him as short in order to compare him with a short patron. (Source: Wikimedia)
The so-called 'Farnese Diadumenos' is a Roman copy of a Greek original attributed to Polykleitos c. 440 BC, depicting an athlete tying a victory ribbon round his head. (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Pindaros, Michael Burghers - 1668/1727 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Pindarus, 1651/1750 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Pindarus, Clemens Kohl - 1791 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Doppelbildnis des Pindar und des Horaz, Gessner, Salomon - 1751/1788 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Pindarus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Pindarus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Pindarus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Pindarus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Pindarus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Pindarus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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