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Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. Fragments Citizenship & nationality law projected on surfacesOf the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518 438 BCE) was "by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration" in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him "sure to win Apollo's laurels." The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. Most of the Greek lyric poets come down to us only in bits and pieces, but nearly a quarter of Pindar's poems survive complete. William H. Race now brings us, in two