… ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει [sc. ὁ Σιμωνίδης]… - Simonides of Ceos

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… ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει [sc. ὁ Σιμωνίδης], τὴν δὲ ποίησιν ζωγραφίαν λαλοῦσαν.

Simonides of Ceos

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

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Native Name: Σιμωνίδης ο Κείος

Alternative Names: Simonides of Keos • Simonides

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Homer Hesiod Aeschylus Ovid Leonidas I

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… zographian poiesin sioposan prosagoreuei, ten de poiesin zographian lalousan.

ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. (wrongly attributed)

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.

… ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει [sc. ὁ Σιμωνίδης], τὴν δὲ ποίησιν ζωγραφίαν λαλοῦσαν. - Simonides of Ceos

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