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Simonides
[ sahy-mon-i-deez ]
noun
- 556?–468? b.c., Greek poet.
Simonides
/ saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz /
noun
- Simonides?556 bc?468 bcMGreekWRITING: poetWRITING: epigrammatist ?556–?468 bc , Greek lyric poet and epigrammatist, noted for his odes to victory
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The maxim of Simonides, General law of the relative means and capacities of the several imitative arts: sculpture.
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Simonides was held in high esteem at the court of Hiero, king of Syracuse.
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Simonides brought the epigram to all the perfection of which it was capable.
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But what you mean by "according to the practice of Simonides," I do not know.
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Bakchylides, nephew and pupil of the great Simonides, flourished about 460 B.C.
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