thus a doom adverse blasted her life and smote her down: and of her neighbours many fared ill therefore and perished with her: so doth a fire that from one spark has leapt upon a mountain lay waste wide space of wood.
Cf rashi on the noahide flood, a flood enters the world, destruction enters the world, including the innocent
Seems like Pindar, and rashi, were troubled that the innocent get harmed and this is an attempt at an answer. Unfortunately for Pindar, the question remains

