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AT THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: TELL THEM IN LAKEDAIMON, PASSER-BY
Last Line: THAT HERE OBEDIENT TO THEIR WORD WE LIE.
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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