Simonides Translation Poem by Michael Burch

Simonides Translation



Passerby,
tell the Spartans we lie
here, dead at their word,
obedient to their command.
Have they heard?
Do they understand?

—Simonides, translation by Michael R. Burch

Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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