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EPITAPH FOR SOPHOCLES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Wind, gentle evergreen, to form a shade
Last Line: Whose soul, exalted like a god of wit, %among the muses and the graces writ
Alternate Author Name(s): Simmias Of Thebes
Subject(s): Sophocles (496-406 B.c.)




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