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Thing of a Day

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2021

Paul Ryder Ryan
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Extract

He who wins, of a sudden, some noble prize

In the rich years of youth

Is raised high with hope; his manhood takes wings;

He has in his heart what is better than wealth.

But brief is the season of man's delight.

Soon it falls to the ground; some dire decision uproots it.

—Thing of a day! such is man; a shadow in a dream.

Pindar (Part of a Fifth Century ode written to celebrate a boy's victory in an Olympic wrestling match at Delphi.)

Type
Olympic Theater
Information
The Drama Review , Volume 16 , Issue 4: Black Theatre Issue , December 1972 , pp. 62 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © 1972 The Drama Review

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References

The title page is a reproduction of an official Olympic poster designed for the shooting competitions. On the page opposite, the top photograph is from the Mixed Media Company of Berlin production of 2000. Below is a sign and sculpture on the Olympic grounds near the Spielstrasse. Photos by the author.