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Poems by Simonides (556 BC - 468 BC)
Go tell the Spartans
Inscribed on the Cenotaph
Thermopylae
Simonides was a lyric poet from the island of Ceos. He was the first poet to write odes for the victors of the Olympic Games. He also spent some time as the court poet in Syracuse.