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Simonides1 wrote in a simple style,
but may be recommended for the propriety and
charm of his language. His chief merit, however,
lies in his power to excite pity, so much so, in fact,
that some rank him in this respect above all writers
of this class of poetry.
1 Simondes of Ceos. 556–468 B.C., famous for all forms of lyric poetry, especially funeral odes.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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