SIMONIDES OF CEOS

SIMONIDES OF CEOS
   one of the most celebrated lyric poets of Greece; spent most of his life in Athens, employed his poetic powers in celebrating the events and heroes of the Persian wars; gained over Æschylus the prize for an elegy on those who fell at Marathon; composed epigrams over the tombs of the Spartans who fell at Thermopylæ, and in his eightieth year was crowned victor at Athens; shortly after this was invited by Hiero to Syracuse, at whose court he died; his poetry was distinguished at once for sweetness and finish; he was a philosopher as well as a poet (556-467 B.C.).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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  • Simonides of Ceos — ▪ Greek poet born c. 556 BC, Iulis, Ceos [now Kéa, Greece] died c. 468 BC, Acragas [now Agrigento, Sicily, Italy]       Greek poet, noted for his lyric poetry, elegiacs, and epigrams (epigram); he was an uncle of the Greek lyric poet Bacchylides …   Universalium

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  • Ceos — Isla de Ceos (o Kea o Gia) Κέα Κέως Vista de satélite de la isla de Ceos Localización País …   Wikipedia Español

  • Simonides — biographical name of Ceos circa 556 circa 468? B.C. Greek poet …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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