In Exchange for Pain, Sometimes Good – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Pindar, Olympian 12.1-12a “I am begging you, child of Zeus-who-Frees, Savior Chance, safeguard mighty Himera. For you direct swift ships on the sea, And fast wars on land, And counsel-bringing assemblies too. Human hopes rise up and then back down As they turn, traversing pointless lies. No mortal has yet discovered a trustworthy sign, From…