# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 1.Part b

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%20b

b. ὁ [δὲ] νοῦς τοῦ προοιμίου ὅλου τοιοῦτος· ὥσπερ τὸ μὲν ὕδωρ τῶν ἄλλων στοιχείων χρησιμώτερον, ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς τῆς λοιπῆς ὕλης προτιμότερος, οὕτως καὶ ὁ Ὀλυμπιακὸς ἀγὼν προτιμότερος τῶν ἄλλων. καὶ δευτέραν ἀπόδειξιν συγκριτικὴν ποιεῖται, τῶν τοῦ πλούτου χρημάτων ἀξιολογώτερον καὶ τιμιώτερον ἀποδεικνὺς τὸν χρυσόν. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐβράδυνεν, ἠρκέσθη ἂν εἰς τὸν περὶ τῶν στοιχείων λόγον, καίτοι κεφαλαιωδέστερον ὄντα. ἀλλὰ πολύς ἐστιν ἐγκωμιάζων τὸν πλοῦτον, καί φαμεν ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ φύσεως φιλοχρημάτου τυγχανούσης.

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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.
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