# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 1.Part a

Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, Scholia in Olympionicarum carmen I., Line 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-pindarum/scholia-in-pindarum-olympian-odes/1.Part%20a

a. ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ: τρία ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὁ Πίνδαρος ἄριστα εἶναι λέγει· ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ εἰς τὸ ζῆν, οὗ ἄνευ βιοτεύειν ἀδύνατον· εἶτα χρυσὸν ἐν πλούτῳ τῶν ἄλλων χρημάτων ἐκπρέποντα καθάπερ ἐν νυκτὶ πῦρ· πρὸς δὲ δόξαν τὴν Ὀλυμπίασι νίκην.

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Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, ed. A. B. Drachmann. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg5034.tlg001.local002/.