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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THERMOPYLAE, by SIMONIDES OF CEOS Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell them in lakedaimon, passer-by
Last Line: That here obedient to their word we lie.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos
Variant Title(s): The Three Hundred;on The Army Of Spartans Who Died
Subject(s): Graves; Thermopylae, Battle Of; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Tell them in lakedaimon, passer-by
Last Line: That here obedient to their word we lie.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos
Variant Title(s): The Three Hundred;on The Army Of Spartans Who Died
Subject(s): Graves; Thermopylae, Battle Of; Tombs; Tombstones
Tell them in Lakedaimon, passer-by,
That here obedient to their word we lie.
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