Pythian

Pindar

Pindar. Arnson Svarlien, Diane, translator. Created for the Perseus Project, 1990.

  1. the marvellous road to the meeting-place of the Hyperboreans—
  2. Once Perseus, the leader of his people, entered their homes and feasted among them, when he found them sacrificing glorious hecatombs of donkeys to the god. In the festivities of those people
  3. and in their praises Apollo rejoices most, and he laughs when he sees the erect arrogance of the beasts.