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Simonides (556 BC - 468 BC / Greece)
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Simonides was a famous lyric poet from the city of Iulis, in the island of Ceos, off the coast of Attica. He left his native island in his youth and w .. more >>
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1      Epitaph At Thermopylae
2      Epitaph for the Spartans at Thermopylae
3      Fragment 01
        
 

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Frank Simon (9/27/2007 10:53:00 AM)
Simonides is famous for the saying, 'Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.'
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  Simonides of Ceos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mar 6, 2009 ... Simonides, a philosopher as well as a poet, was born in Iulis, Ceos (??????, ????). During his youth he taught poetry and music, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonides_of_Ceos


  Simonides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jan 10, 2009 ... Simonides of Amorgos, iambic poet, flourished in the middle of the 7th century BC; Simonides of Ceos (c. 556–469 BC), lyric poet ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonides


  Simonides
Dec 5, 1998 ... Simonides was a famous lyric poet from the city of Iulis, in the island of Ceos, off the coast of Attica. He left his native island in his ...
http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/char/simonide.htm


  XXV. c. Simonides. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes ...
XXV. c. Simonides. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable.
http://www.bartleby.com/181/253.html


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