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Epode 4

σιγαλὸν ἀμαχανίαν: “Dumb helplessness,” “silence from want of words.” Pindar is fighting his own battles as well as those of Telesikrates. Compare the passage O. 6.89: ἀρχαῖον ὄνειδος ἀλαθέσιν | λόγοις εἰ φεύγομεν.

ἔργῳ: Must refer to Pindar, “by my work,” “by my song.” Beck's φυγόντ᾽ would, of course, refer to Telesikrates.


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