Religion
Book VI, 50: On the Altar at Plataea commemorating the Battle
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
This altar of Zeus the Liberator did the Hellenes erect, an ornament for Hellas such as becomes a free land, after that, obeying their brave hearts’ impulse, they had driven out the Persians by the might of their hands and by the toil of battle.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Book VI, 50: On the Altar at Plataea commemorating the Battle.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/2/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Book VI, 50: On the Altar at Plataea commemorating the Battle.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/2/.
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