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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLATAEA: THE ATHENIAN MONUMENT, by SIMONIDES OF CEOS Poet's Biography First Line: If valour's best be gallantly to die Last Line: Laboured, and here in ageless honour lie. Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TOMBS OF PLATAEA by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS ARISTODEMUS AT PLATAEA by JOHN RUSKIN PLATAEA: THE SPARTAN MONUMENT by SIMONIDES OF CEOS THE LAMENTATION OF DANAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS A CRETAN MERCHANT by SIMONIDES OF CEOS A FRIEND'S GRAVE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS ARCHEDIKE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS |
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