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Simonides [sahy-mon-i-deez] Examples noun
- 556?–468? b.c., Greek poet.
Also called Simonides of Ceos [see-os] /ˈsi ɒs/. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for simonides Historical Examples of simonides
Quite correct, Socrates, if Simonides is to be believed, said Polemarchus interposing.
Plato
When Simonides said that the repayment of a debt was justice, he did not mean to include that case?
Plato
Then now, I said, I will endeavour to explain to you my opinion about this poem of Simonides.
Plato
Prodicus, I said, Simonides is a countryman of yours, and you ought to come to his aid.
Plato
Let us ask Prodicus, for he ought to be able to answer questions about the dialect of Simonides.
Plato
British Dictionary definitions for simonides Simonides noun
- ?556–?468 bc, Greek lyric poet and epigrammatist, noted for his odes to victory
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