I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
SimonidesStichwörter: philosopher platonic greek 314 396 bc
Dancing is silent poetry.
SimonidesPainting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.
SimonidesNot even the gods fight against necessity.
SimonidesTell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
SimonidesThe Athenians, front-fighters of the Greeks, at Marathon destroyed the power of the gold-bearing Medes.
SimonidesStichwörter: epigram
O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we
Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have been obeyed.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
[Epitaph of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae]
Stichwörter: epitaph honor spartans 300 thermopylae
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