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 (Ol. v. 23), where the metaphor is from watering a garden. To hold themes in reserve, )(Ol. x. 9). To show pleasure at good news (said of friends),  (Ol. iv. 5). To pass through life prosperously, (Ol. xiii. 114). Grief is more than compensated by blessings, (Ol. ii. 23).

§ 16. Images for the highest excellence are drawn from the furthest limits of travel and navigation, or from the fairest of natural objects. Pindar delights in what may be called the imagery of the superlative. Thus, of consummate good fortune (in the games, &c.):—: "in his own strength he touches the Pillars of Hercules." | (Nem. iv. 70), "none may pass beyond Gadeira into the gloom of the West: to Europa's land turn back the tackle of our ship." | |  (Pyth. x. 30): "he fares as far as man may sail: not by sea or land couldst thou find the wondrous way to the gathering of the folk that dwell beyond the Northern Wind." | (Isthm. vi. 11): "now at the limits of bliss he casts his anchor, having glory from the gods." The supreme hospitality of a man who kept open house all the year round is thus figured: |