Simonides of Ceos

"ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. (wrongly attributed)"

"Ō xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tē(i)de keimetha tois keinōn rhēmasi peithomenoi."

"[Word-for-word translation] O stranger, announce to the Lacadaemonians [Spartans] that here We lie, to their words [or laws] obedient."

"Here lies Megistias, who died When the Medes crossed Spercheius' tide. A great seer, yet he scorned to save Himself, and shared the Spartans' grave."

"ἀνάγκῃ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται."

"Anankei d' oude theoi makhontai."

"We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge."

"… ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει [sc. ὁ Σιμωνίδης], τὴν δὲ ποίησιν ζωγραφίαν λαλοῦσαν."

"… zographian poiesin sioposan prosagoreuei, ten de poiesin zographian lalousan."