person
Pindar
also: Pindaro
The Theban lyric poet (c. 518-438 BC); Cicero quotes him in Greek ('my mind is divided on speaking the plain truth') when weighing how to handle a difficult man (Att. 13.38).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.38 §2 as with Pindar
Cicero quotes the Greek lyric poet Pindar (fr. 213 Snell) on the dilemma of whether to speak the plain truth or take "crooked" paths; the line frames his question of how to handle his treacherous nephew.