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]
Auteur: Simonides
![O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we<br />Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have been obeyed.<br /><br />Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε<br />κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.<br /><br />[Epitaph of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae] - Simonides](/static/img/quotes/903149.jpg)