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Simonides of Ceos
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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culture · Greek lyric poet (c. 556–468 BC) · poet · writer · epigrammatist · elegist · also Simonides of Ceos, Simonides, Simonides of Keos, Ceos
Born 556 BC · Died 468 BC · Q273003
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