Simonides
Greek lyric poet celebrated for his epinician odes, dirges, and epigrams. His epitaph for the Spartan dead at Thermopylae (Go tell the Spartans) is one of the most celebrated inscriptions in history.
Works
- Epinician OdesVictory odes celebrating athletic achievements with mythological and moral themes
- DirgesElegiac verses mourning death commemorating important persons with pathos
- EpigramsCollection of ancient Greek epigrams attributed to the classical poet
- FragmentsSurviving poetic fragments from the ancient lyric poet