I
OF THE ATHENIAN DEAD AT PLATAEA
SIMONIDES

If to die nobly is the chief part of excellence, to us out of all men
Fortune gave this lot; for hastening to set a crown of freedom on
Greece we lie possessed of praise that grows not old.


II
ON THE LACEDAEMONIAN DEAD AT PLATAEA
SIMONIDES

These men having set a crown of imperishable glory on their own land
were folded in the dark cloud of death; yet being dead they have not
died, since from on high their excellence raises them gloriously out
of the house of Hades.


III
ON THE SPARTANS AT THERMOPYLAE
PARMENIO

Him, who over changed paths of earth and sea sailed on the mainland
and went afoot upon the deep, Spartan valour held back on three
hundred spears; be ashamed, O mountains and seas.


IV
ON THE SAME