“O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have… — Simonides Copy Share Image
If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died,… — Simonides Copy Share Image
“The Athenians, front-fighters of the Greeks, at Marathon destroyed the power of the gold-bearing Medes.” — Simonides Copy Share Image
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech — Simonides Copy Share Image
