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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Example Sentences

So Simonides imagined himself moving through the rooms to name everyone he’d seen.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

From Literature

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 Literature

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