Simonides of Ceos
Simonides of Ceos (/saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz/; Greek: Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born at Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets, along with Bacchylides (his nephew) and Pindar (reputedly a bitter rival). Both Bacchylides and Pindar benefited from his innovative approach to lyric poetry and he was more involved than either of them in the major events and personalities of their times. His fame owes much to traditional accounts of his colourful life, as one of the wisest of men, as a greedy miser, as an inventor of a system of mnemonics and also of some letters of the Greek alphabet (ω, η, ξ, ψ). Such accounts include fanciful elements yet he had a real influence on the sophistic enlightenment of the classical era. His fame as a poet rests largely on his ability to present basic human situations with affecting simplicity. In the words of the Roman rhetorician Quintilian:
He is popularly associated with epitaphs commemorating fallen warriors, as for example the Lacedaemonians at The Battle of Thermopylae:
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- Musikí Apo Tin Ellinikí Arxaiótita released: 1992
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Released 1992- «Threnos» (lament)
- First Pythian Ode
- «Sikkinis» (dance from the satyrical drama)
- «Ithyphallic» (song)
- Entrance Song of the «Phallophoroi»
- «Askaulos» (instrumental) Improvisation
- «Partheneion» (in old age)
- Epithalamium. The Bridegroom
- Instrumental Fragment From Contrapollinopolis (original fragment)
- «the Bridal Day» (hymeneal)
- «Euryalos» (enkomium)
- «Aulos» (instrumental) Improvisation
- Song of the Sicilian Shepherds
- «Epitaph of Seikilos» (instrumental) (original fragment)
- Second Delphic Hymn to Apollo (original fragment)
- «Maktrismos» (dance)
- Hymn to the Muse (original fragment)
- «Agios o Theos» (original fragment)
- Hymn to Nemesis (original fragment)
- Fragment From Comedy ''Birds''
- «Kolavrismos»
- First Delphic Hymn to Apollo (original fragment)
- Hymn to the Sun (original fragment)
- «Savarios»
- Aias: Tecmessas's Lament (original fragment)
- «Stasimon» From ''Orestes'' (original fragment)
- Excerpt From ''Iliad'
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So Many Days
by: B.B. KingSo many days
I'd rather steal away and die
So many days
I'd rather steal away and die
I was too blue to live
And to mean to die
You've been so mean baby
You've been so mean to me
Baby, you've been so mean
You've been so mean to me
I've got to get even with you woman
You just hang around and see
Baby you ain't no good
You ain't no good no how
Baby you ain't no good
You ain't no good no how
Yes, the way I used to love you woman
Baby that's the way I hate you now
Yes, you can pack your clothes baby
You can pack your clothes and go
Pack your clothes, woman
You can pack your clothes and go
I want you to know baby