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

Example Sentences

So Simonides imagined himself moving through the rooms to name everyone he’d seen.

From Los Angeles Times

One can’t help but think throughout the novel of all those people crushed beneath the roof in the story of Simonides.

From Los Angeles Times

The description of Danaë in the wooden chest was the most famous passage of a famous poem by Simonides of Ceos, a great lyric poet who lived in the sixth century.

From Literature

I have followed Apollodorus, but I have added the fragment from Simonides, and short quotations from other poets, notably Hesiod and Pindar.

From Literature

For those who mourn the dead — scribes like the Greek poet Simonides, who wrote epitaphs for fallen warriors — your voice must tremble with poignancy, with a certain piteousness.

From New York Times