Simonides quote — “O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we Ar…”

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O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have been obeyed.Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδεκείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.[Epitaph of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae]

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