νοῆσαι: Sc. τὸ μέτρον. So the Schol.: τοῦτο δὲ αὐτὸ νοῆσαι τὸ τῆς συμμετρίας εὔκαιρόν τέ ἐστι καὶ ἄριστον. The central thought of the poem. Cf. Hes. O. et. D. 694: “μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι: καιρὸς δ᾽ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἄριστος” .
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Pindar: The Olympian and Pythian Odes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. Anne Mahoney. edited for Perseus. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1885.
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