SIMONIDES
We fell under the fold of Dirphys, and a memorial is reared over us by our country near the Euripus, not unjustly; for we lost lovely youth facing the rough cloud of war.
The Greek Anthology
Greek Anthology Book I Chapter III Part I
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ON THE ATHENIAN DEAD AT THE BATTLE OF CHALCIS
SIMONIDES
We fell under the fold of Dirphys, and a memorial is reared over us by our country near the Euripus, not unjustly; for we lost lovely youth facing the rough cloud of war.
The Greek Anthology
SIMONIDES
We fell under the fold of Dirphys, and a memorial is reared over us by our country near the Euripus, not unjustly; for we lost lovely youth facing the rough cloud of war.
The Greek Anthology
Index: Greek Anthology Book I Chapter III Part I
- Epitaphs
- On the Lacedaemonian Dead at Plataea, Simonides
- On the Spartans at Thermopylae, Parmenio
- On the Same, Simonides
- On the Dead in an Unknown Battle, Mnasalcas
- On the Dead in a Battle in Boetia
- On a Slain Warrior, Anacreon
- On the Slain in a Battle in Thessaly, Aeschylus
- On the Athenian Dead at the Battle of Chalcis, Simonides
- On the Eretrian Exiles in Persia, Plato
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