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THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: GO TELL THE SPARTANS, THOU THAT PASSED [OR, WHO PASSETH] BY
Last Line: THAT HERE, OBEDIENT TO THEIR LAWS, WE LIE.
Subject(s): THERMOPYLAE, BATTLE OF;

Go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.








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