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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 | |||
Tell them in Lakedaimon, passer-by, That here obedient to their word we lie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL THE LAMENTATION OF DANAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS |
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