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Not even the gods fight against necessity.

Simonides of Ceos

Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Simonides of Ceos

Here lies Megistias, who died
When the Medes crossed Spercheius' tide.
A great seer, yet he scorned to save
Himself, and shared the Spartans' grave.

Simonides of Ceos

It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.

Simonides of Ceos

Go, tell the Spartans, stranger passing by That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Simonides of Ceos

Fighting in the forefront of the Greeks, the Athenians crushed at Marathon the might of the gold-bearing Medes.

Simonides of Ceos

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry painting that speaks.

Simonides of Ceos

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

Simonides of Ceos

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

Simonides of Ceos

Simonides of Ceos

Simonides of Ceos

Born: 556 BC

Died: 468 BC (aged 88)

Bio: Simonides of Ceos was a Greek lyric poet, born at Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets, along with Bacchylides and Pindar.

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