If any man hopes to do a deed without God's knowledge, he errs.

εἰ δὲ θεὸν ἀνήρ τις ἔλπεταί τι λαθέμεν ἔρδων, ἁμαρτάνει.

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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God's omniscience

Author

Pindar

Source

Olympian Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

476 BC 470s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

Current Citation

Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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