Simonides

[ sahy-mon-i-deez ]

/ saɪˈmɒn ɪˌdiz /

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noun

556?–468? b.c., Greek poet.

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Also called Simonides of Ceos

[see-os]. /ˈsi ɒs/.

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How to use Simonides in a sentence

The maxim of Simonides, General law of the relative means and capacities of the several imitative arts: sculpture.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3|Various
Simonides was held in high esteem at the court of Hiero, king of Syracuse.
The Student's Mythology|Catherine Ann White
Simonides brought the epigram to all the perfection of which it was capable.
The Student's Mythology|Catherine Ann White
But what you mean by "according to the practice of Simonides," I do not know.
The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athenus|Athenus

Bakchylides, nephew and pupil of the great Simonides, flourished about 460 B.C.
On the Sublime|Longinus

British Dictionary definitions for Simonides

Simonides

/ (saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz) /

noun

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

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