CHAPTER XI.

_PINDAR._

His Life.--Legends connected with him.--The Qualities of his Poetry.--The Olympic Games.--Pindar's Professional Character.--His Morality.--His Religious Belief.--Doctrine of a Future State.--Rewards and Punishments.--The Structure of his Odes.--The Proemia to his Odes.--His Difficulty and Tumidity of Style Page 340