Simonides
Americannoun
noun
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One can’t help but think throughout the novel of all those people crushed beneath the roof in the story of Simonides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
For those who mourn the dead — scribes like the Greek poet Simonides, who wrote epitaphs for fallen warriors — your voice must tremble with poignancy, with a certain piteousness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
Pericles flees for his life, marries Thaisa, the daughter of King Simonides, and has a daughter, Marina, loses them both, endures multiple calamities, and then is eventually reunited with his family.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 8, 2016
According to myth, the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos invented the technique after attending a banquet gone wrong.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2014
The description of Danaë in the wooden chest was the most famous passage of a famous poem by Simonides of Ceos, a great lyric poet who lived in the sixth century.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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