[DOC] [TLE] Why did Alexander spare the house of Pindar at Thebes? - pothos.org [PAR] Jul 21, 2011 ... [10] They say that Alexander saved the poet Pindar's house and any of his ... 
They say that Alexander razed Thebes to the ground and, sparing only priests 
and .... Must make you feel good about all the time and work involved,... [DOC] [TLE] Game Show NewsNet [PAR] Oct 19, 2005 ... The clue: when Alexander the Great burned Thebes to the ground, the only 
house spared was that of this great lyric poet. "Agh... I don't know. [DOC] [TLE] Pindar - Wikipedia [PAR] Pindar (c. 522  c. 443 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the 
canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best ..... Pindar's 
house in Thebes became one of the city's landmarks. Alexander the Great 
demolished the city as punishment for its resistance to Macedonian 
expansionism but he left... [DOC] [TLE] Pindar :: essays research papers fc - Free Essays [PAR] ... B.C. Pindar is considered by many to be the greatest lyric poet of ancient 
Greece. ... Greek society savored these odes for their rich poetic language and 
imagery, ... Pindar's fame was so great with the rich and powerful that when 
Alexander the Great burned Thebes to the ground, Pindar's house was the only 
one spared. [DOC] [TLE] Alexander the Great and the Burning of Persepolis (Article) - Ancient ... [PAR] Feb 23, 2011 ... In the year 330 BCE Alexander the Great conquered the Persian capital city of ... 
treasures, burned the great palace and surrounding city to the ground. ... 
Pasargadae) and began to house there the greatest treasures, literary ... known 
for generations only as `the place of the forty columns' for the remaining... [DOC] [TLE] Pindar - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature [PAR] (Lyric Poet, Greek, c. ... His house in Thebes was deliberately spared by 
Alexander the Great in recognition of ... His oldest extant ode dates from 498 BCE
, when Pindar was only 20, and the latest is usually dated to 446 BCE, when he 
was 72. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient and Medieval Macedonian History: Alexander I at Olympia ... [PAR] Apr 9, 2010 ... In fact the 75th (480 B.C.) coincides with Xerxes' great invasion and ... to the 
Ionian cities' revolt and the burning of Sardis), relations between ..... Later 
sources relate that, when ordering Thebes to be razed to the ground, Alexander 
the Great spared only Pindar's house because the great lyric poet had... [DOC] [TLE] Greek and Roman Poets [PAR] There are those, however, who suppose Lyric Poetry to be of older date. ... Ile 
was conspicuous for his piety, and was so great a favorite with Apol lo, that ... and 
Alexander, when he raze d Thebes to the ground, not only spare d the house of ... 
that brings the shower; The sun whose fires so fiercely burn, Absorbs the wave,... [DOC] [TLE] Pindar, Ancient Greek lyric poet (522 - 443 BC) - 1902 Encyclopedia [PAR] PINDAR, the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece whose work is represented by 
large ... of the Lacedaemonians was burning Thebes, some one wrote on 
Pindar's house, ... is the similar clemency of Alexander the Great, when he 
sacked Thebes one ... He spared only (1) the Cadmeia, or citadel, of Thebes (
thenceforth to be... [DOC] [TLE] Paul Anthony Brazinski - American Archaeology Abroad [PAR] Thebes was in its heyday until Alexander the Great burnt the city to the ground 
sparing only the House of Pindar (famous Lyric Poet). About 20 years later, the... [DOC] [TLE] View from Today--Ancient Times - World Book Online [PAR] It is the only tomb of an ancient Egyptian king to be discovered almost completely 
... See the following articles in World Book: Alexander the Great | Alexandria .... In 
1818, nearly 1,900 years later, the temple inspired the English lyric poet ...... the 
Great burned Thebes, the poet's native city, to the ground, Pindar

Question: When Alexander the Great burned Thebes to the ground, the only house spared was that of this great lyric poet
Answer: Pindar