Simonides

American  

[sahy-mon-i-deez] / saɪˈmɒn ɪˌdiz /

noun

1. 556?–468? b.c., Greek poet.

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Simonides British  

/ saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz /

noun

1. ?556–?468 _bc , Greek lyric poet and epigrammatist, noted for his odes to victory

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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

Selassie has a vision of Simonides, along with a character from “Aida” and a ghost, in a surreal penultimate scene that seemed the only misstep in this majestic novel.

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

I have followed Apollodorus, but I have added the fragment from Simonides, and short quotations from other poets, notably Hesiod and Pindar.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton