Simonides

[ sahy-mon-i-deez ]
/ saɪˈmɒn ɪˌdiz /

noun

556?–468? b.c., Greek poet.

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Also called Simonides of Ceos [see-os] /ˈsi ɒs/.
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Simonides
/ (saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz) /

noun

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