Pindar The 5th-century lyric poet Pindar mentions Adrastus in several of his poems. He devotes twenty lines of his Nemian 9 to Adrastus, and the expedition of the Seven against Thebes.Race, pp. 96–103; Pindar, Nemean 9.8–27. He begins by praising Adrastus as the founder of the Sicyonian games, which Pindar says Adrastus did during his reign as king of Sicyon: Let us rouse up, then, the resounding lyre and rouse the pipe for the very apex of contests for horses, which Adrastus established for Phoebus by the streams of Asopus. Having mentioned them, I shall exalt the hero with fame-bringing honors, who, reigning there [Sicyon] at that time, made the city famous by glorifying it with new festivals and contests for men’s strength and with polished chariots.Pindar, Nemean 9.8–12.
pINdar tHe 5th-cENtuRy lYrIC poet Pindar MEntIons adRasTUs In sevEraL of HIS pOEms. he deVoTes TwentY lInEs OF hIs NEmIan 9 To AdRastuS, and tHe exPEDITIon of thE seven agaiNSt THeBes.raCe, pp. 96–103; PIndar, nemeaN 98–27. HE beGins by pRaIsiNg aDrAstUS as the foUndeR OF ThE SicyoniAn games, whiCh PinDar SaYs adraStUS Did durING his rEign As kIng oF sICYoN: let us ROusE Up, then, tHe rEsoUnDIng lyRe and rouSE The piPE fOr thE verY aPex of cOntEsts fOr HorSes, WHicH adRastus EstAblishEd for PhoeBUS by The strEaMS oF asopuS. haVinG MEntiOned thEm, i ShaLL eXalt the heRo with FaMe-briNgInG honORS, wHo, REIgninG tHeRE [SiCYOn] At that tiME, madE ThE CITy faMous by gloRifyIng it wItH new FestIvaLS and coNTesTs FoR Men’s sTrength anD WIth pOlISheD chariots.pIndar, neMean 9.8–12.