History & Politics
On the Athenians
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
History & Politics
If to die nobly be the meed that lures the noblest mind,
Then unto us of all men in this was fortune kind.
For Greece we marched, that freedom's arm should ever round her fold;
We died, but gained for guerdon renown that grows not old.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “On the Athenians.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/76/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “On the Athenians.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/76/.
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