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Simonides

[ sahy-mon-i-deez ]

noun

  1. 556?–468? b.c., Greek poet.


Simonides

/ saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz /

noun

  1. Simonides?556 bc?468 bcMGreekWRITING: poetWRITING: epigrammatist ?556–?468 bc , Greek lyric poet and epigrammatist, noted for his odes to victory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The maxim of Simonides, General law of the relative means and capacities of the several imitative arts: sculpture.

Simonides was held in high esteem at the court of Hiero, king of Syracuse.

Simonides brought the epigram to all the perfection of which it was capable.

But what you mean by "according to the practice of Simonides," I do not know.

Bakchylides, nephew and pupil of the great Simonides, flourished about 460 B.C.

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