In performance studies, ‘repeformance’ often has a paradoxical quality, denoting the replication of a one-off event. Central to this paradox is a mix of temporalities: reperformance juxtaposes then and now. This chapter argues that such mixed temporalities characterise the performance also of Pindaric epinician. Epinician brings back now, and then again in the future, a victory that took place in the past. The main focus is on exploring how this crisscrossing of temporalities is reflected in the poetics of Pindar’s texts. Nemean 4 and Olympian 10 serve as case studies. The chapter introduces the notion of pre-performance, to form a pair with reperformance. Pindar places every performance, including the première, ina sequence of different but related performances, beginning with mythical choruses, impromptu celebrations and other performance acts in the past, and continuing into the future. Each performance is therefore both a pre- and a re-performance. The conclusion briefly extends this thinking to other genres
