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en-wikipedia-org-9275		Pindar - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	11403	1320	72	Although these sources are based on a much older literary tradition, going as far back as Chamaeleon of Heraclea in the 4th century BC, they are generally viewed with scepticism today: much of the material is clearly fanciful.[11][12] Scholars both ancient and modern have turned to Pindar's own work – his victory odes in particular – as a source of biographical information: some of the poems touch on historic events and can be accurately dated. For example, the victory ode mentioned above (Pythian 8) describes the downfall of the giants Porphyrion and Typhon and this might be Pindar's way of covertly celebrating a recent defeat of Athens by Thebes at the Battle of Coronea (447 BC).[43] The poem ends with a prayer for Aegina's freedom, long threatened by Athenian ambitions.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9275.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9275.txt