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Holly Mia Garside

University of Exeter

Published in The Astyanax

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  “Money Makes the Man”: Pindar’s Poetic Persona and the Politics of the Aristocracy

  Pindar’s victory odes do more than just praise their laudandus: they reinforce the very power systems that maintain the demand for his poetry.

  6 October 2026