ἀνάγκῃ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται. - Simonides of Ceos

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ἀνάγκῃ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται.

Simonides of Ceos

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About Simonides of Ceos

Simonides of Ceos (c. 556 BC – 469 BC) was a Greek lyric poet.

Native Name: Σιμωνίδης ο Κείος

Alternative Names: Simonides of Keos • Simonides

Originators like Simonides of Ceos:

[Word-for-word translation]
O stranger, announce to the Lacadaemonians [Spartans] that here
We lie, to their words [or laws] obedient.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

Here lies Megistias, who died
When the Medes crossed Spercheius' tide.
A great seer, yet he scorned to save
Himself, and shared the Spartans' grave.