This lyric ode by the ancient greek writer pindar was dedicated to the winner of a contest. which statement best sums up the speaker's feelings?
creatures for a day! what is a man?
what is he not? a dream of a shadow
is our mortal being. but when there comes to men
a gleam of splendour given of heaven,
then rests on them a light of glory
and blessed are their days.

a. the speaker feels sadness that men are mortal and must die.
b. the speaker feels joy at the winner’s heaven-sent glory.
c. the speaker regrets that men are not glorified all the time, as gods are.
d. the speaker feels afraid of the "dream of a shadow" that "is our mortal being."

B. The speaker feels joy at the winner’s heaven-sent glory.

Explanation:  In the given lyric ode by the ancient Greek writer Pindar that was dedicated to the winner of a contest, we can see that he makes a contrast between the features of the normal man ("A dream of a shadow  is our mortal being") and the winner of the contest, who according to the speaker has been send a light of glory from heaven ("A gleam of splendour given of heaven"), in this way he shows his joy at the winner’s heaven-sent glory.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).

c. a group of tribes that formed a confederacy