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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S FRIEND, by SIMONIDES OF CEOS Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the grave of famed megistias, whom
Last Line: Of sparta's leaders, though that doom he knew.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos
Variant Title(s): Epigram On Thermopylae
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: This is the grave of famed megistias, whom
Last Line: Of sparta's leaders, though that doom he knew.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos
Variant Title(s): Epigram On Thermopylae
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
THIS is the grave of famed Megistias, whom
Beside Spercheius' stream the Persian slew:
A seer he, who dared to share the doom
Of Sparta's leaders, though that doom he knew.
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