The Greek Anthology
CHAPTER III
Epitaphs
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CHAPTER III
I
OF THE ATHENIAN DEAD AT PLATAEA
SIMONIDES
If to die nobly is the chief part of excellence, to us out of all men Fortune gave this lot; for hastening to set a crown of freedom on Greece we lie possessed of praise that grows not old.

