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Pindarus
(2,907 words)

(Πίνδαρος/Píndaros).

[German version]

[1] Tyrant of Ephesus (c. 560 BC)

Tyrant of Ephesus (c. 560 BC), nephew of Croesus. When Croesus laid siege to Ephesus, P. is said to have advised fastening the gates and walls of the town to the columns of the Artemisium (Ephesus with map) with ropes. Croesus, bound by a vow to the shrine, spared the town and promised safety and freedom but forced P. to leave; his son was spared and his fortune left untouched…

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Högemann, Peter (Tübingen), Robbins, Emmet (Toronto) and Bartels, Jens (Bonn), “Pindarus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 22 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e925700>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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