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"ὦ ξεῖν, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. (wrongly attributed)Upward attribution and ‘Go tell the Spartans (Peter Gainsford)(http://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2019/02/simonides.html"
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Simonides of Ceos was a Greek lyric poet, born in Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria included him in the canonical list of the nine lyric poets esteemed by them as worthy of critical study. Included on this list were Bacchylides, his nephew, and Pindar, reputedly a bitter rival, both of whom benefited from his innovative approach to lyric poetry. Simonides, however, was more in
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"Ō xein, angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tē(i)de keimetha tois keinōn rhēmasi peithomenoi."
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"[Word-for-word translation] O stranger, announce to the Lacadaemonians [Spartans] that here We lie, to their words [or laws] obedient."
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