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Simonides
Simonides of Ceos (c. 556–468 BC), the archaic Greek poet proverbial for the pathos of his laments — ''sadder than the tears of Simonides.''
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- Carmina §38 Simonides
The archaic Greek poet of Ceos, proverbial for the pathos of his laments — 'sadder than the tears of Simonides.'