“I think that the story of Odysseus’ suffering was exaggerated by sweet-worded Homer”
ἐγὼ δὲ πλέον’ ἔλπομαι
λόγον ᾿Οδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν
διὰ τὸν ἁδυεπῆ γενέσθ’ ῞Ομηρον·
Pindar was a poet of Epinikion.
(but this line doesn’t seem to be about praise… for Homer, at least)
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