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, and here in endless glory rest — Simonides Copy Share Image
“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
![“O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have been obeyed. Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. [Epitaph of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae]” quote by Simonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7da/simonides-61471_300_o-stranger-send-the-news-home-to-the-peo_737958.jpg)
