Possible Clues:

• Odist with a type of ode named for him
• Mean to entertain Indian poet
• "Learn what you are and be such" poet
• Ancient Greek lyric poet
• Lyric poet of Thebes
• "Victory Odes" odist of Greece
• Noted writer of victory odes
• "The test of any man lies in action" odist
• Greek lyric poet
• 'Unsung, the noblest deed will die' poet