Pindar
['pində]
Definition
(noun.) Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC).
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Definition
(n.) The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); -- so called in the West Indies.
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Examples
- Oh, let us hope, when the Greek Empire is reconstructed, we will have a new Pindar, a new Sophocles, a new Plato. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Will he, in the language of Pindar, make justice his high tower, or fortify himself with crooked deceit? Plato. The Republic.
- Clouds) as his father had quoted Pindar. Plato. The Republic.
- I am not Pindar, and you must be content with the old Archilochian shout, 'Hail, Victorious! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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