# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 174.Part a

Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, Scholia in Olympionicarum carmen I., Line 174. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-pindarum/scholia-in-pindarum-olympian-odes/174.Part%20a

a. εἰ δὲ μὴ ταχὺ λίποι: εἰ δὲ μὴ ταχέως με ἐπιλίποι ἡ Μοῦσα· | καὶ φανερώτερον τὸν λόγον ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ τίθησι Πίνδαρος. οὐκ ἦν γὰρ προσῆκον περὶ τοῦ ἐγκωμιαζομένου λέγειν, ἐὰν μή σε ἐπιλίποι ἡ εὐδαιμονία, ἀλλὰ μετριώτερον ἔστιν αὐτὸ λαμβάνειν, ἐὰν ἐπὶ τοῦ Πινδάρου ἀκούωμεν· ἐὰν οὖν, φησι, μή με ἐπιλίποι ἡ Μοῦσα, | δυνήσομαί σοι καὶ αὖθις τεθρίππῳ νικήσαντι γλυκερώτερον καὶ ἡδύτερον ὕμνον γράψαι καὶ ἐγκωμιάσαι σε, βοηθὸν τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ ποιημάτων εὑρίσκων τὴν σὴν νίκην· σοῦ γὰρ νικήσαντος ἔσται μοι πρόφασις καὶ ὁδὸς ἀφ᾿ ἦς με δεῖ ἐγκωμιάσαι.

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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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