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‘The supreme poet of choral* lyric was Pindar from Thebes in Boetia (born 518 or possibly 522[BCE] – died after 446BC[E]),** who is known mainly by his odes in honour of the victors at the great games held at Olympia, Delphi, the Isthmus of Corinth, and Nemea. The last of the lyric poets was Bacchylides (flourished 5^th century BC[E]),*** whose work, though often exquisite, is empty, reflecting the declining significance of myth.’

– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 20: 401]

*(for which see ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 20: 401])

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