Now I live in hope, but the end is in the hands of gods.

νῦν δ᾽ ἔλπομαι μέν, ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν τέλος:

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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Topic

God is in control

Author

Pindar

Source

Olympian Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

464 BC 460s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

Current Citation

Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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