# Pindar — Victory Odes character guide

> Pindar in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Snapshot

The poet himself, a Theban craftsman of song who weaves victors' names into myth, negotiating between patrons, cities, and the jealous gods.

## Who they are

Pindar moves through his own odes as a working poet with debts and loyalties: he apologizes to Delos for delaying a paean, intercedes for an exiled Kyrenian noble, and admits that fate, not fault, may have doomed a man. His voice is the connective tissue of the collection, humble before the gods yet confident in his craft, aware that song is the only currency that outlasts the athlete's body. He matters because the odes are as much about the making of glory as the winning of it.

## In the story

### [Victory Odes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/victory-odes)

The poet who composes the victory odes, invoking the Muse and praising the victors.

### [The Olympian Odes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/the-olympian-odes)

The poet who composed the Olympian Odes, praising victors and their lineages.

### [VI For Agesias of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/vi)

The poet himself, who speaks of his craft, his Theban heritage, and his role as a messenger of the Muses.

### [VII For Diagoras of Rhodes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/vii)

The poet who sends this ode as a gift of song to honor Diagoras.

### [X For Agesidamus of Locri Epizephyrii](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/x)

The poet who acknowledges his delayed tribute and composes the victory ode.

### [XIV For Asopichus of Orchomenus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xiv)

The poet himself, speaking in first person as the singer of Asopichus's praise.

### [The Pythian Odes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/the-pythian-odes)

The poet who composed the odes, praising victors and invoking myth.

### [II For Hiero of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ii)

The poet who composed this ode, comparing his song to Tyrian merchandise.

### [X For Hippokleas of Thessaly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/x)

Poet composing the ode, comparing his song to a bee gathering honey.

### [The Nemean Odes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/the-nemean-odes)

The poet who composed the Nemean Odes, praising victors and invoking myth.

### [The Isthmian Odes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/the-isthmian-odes)

The poet who composed the Isthmian Odes, praising victors and their lineages.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/endnotes)

The poet who wrote the odes and interceded for Demophilus.

## Links

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