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PLATAEA: THE ATHENIAN MONUMENT by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: IF VALOUR'S BEST BE GALLANTLY TO DIE
Last Line: LABOURED, AND HERE IN AGELESS HONOUR LIE.
Subject(s): MONUMENTS; PLATAEA, GREECE; LASPI;
IF Valour's best be gallantly to die,
Fortune to us of all men grants it now.
We to set Freedom's crown on Hellas' brow
Laboured, and here in ageless honour lie.



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