If any man hopes to do a deed without God's knowledge, he errs.

εἰ δὲ θεὸν ἀνήρ τις ἔλπεταί τι λαθέμεν ἔρδων, ἁμαρτάνει.

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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Topic

God's omniscience

Author

Pindar

Source

Olympian Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

476 BC 470s 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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Era
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Current Citation

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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

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Citation

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Xenophanes

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Topic
Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

Author

Xenophanes
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
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Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

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