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ἀλάθειαν ἐτήτυμον: ἀλήθεια, orig. “candor,” needs the reinforcement of “reality.” τὸ ἐτήτυμον is τὸ ὄντως ὄν. Truth to impression is proved to be truth to reality. The broidered tales (O. 1.29) perish, but the true record prevails (ἁμέραι δ᾽ ἐπίλοιποι μάρτυρες σοφώτατοι). Things will right themselves — nay, have righted themselves — and Time, the Recorder, is Time the Herald. Nothing can be more evident than P.'s championship of the Lokrians against false traditions.


Pindar: The Olympian and Pythian Odes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. Anne Mahoney. edited for Perseus. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1885.

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