Simonides of Ceos

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Simonides of Ceos was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his elegiac and epinician poetry, as well as for pioneering the use of memory techniques.

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instanceOf ancient Greek poet
elegiac poet
epinician poet
lyric poet
mnemonist
approximateBirthDate c. 556 BC
approximateDeathDate c. 468 BC
associatedWith Athens NERFINISHED
Hieron I of Syracuse NERFINISHED
Syracuse NERFINISHED
Theron of Acragas NERFINISHED
court of Hipparchus NERFINISHED
birthPlace Ancient Greece NERFINISHED
Ceos NERFINISHED
Cyclades NERFINISHED
Ioulis NERFINISHED
creditedWith invention of the method of loci
systematic use of memory techniques in rhetoric
deathPlace Sicily NERFINISHED
Syracuse NERFINISHED
floruit 5th century BC
6th century BC
genre elegy
epigram
epinician ode
hymn
lyric poetry
threnody
influenced Bacchylides NERFINISHED
Pindar NERFINISHED
Roman poets
later Greek lyric poets
later mnemonic traditions
knownFor development of mnemonic techniques
elegiac poetry
epigrams for fallen warriors
epinician poetry
memory palace method
poems on the Persian Wars
language Ancient Greek
name Simonides of Ceos NERFINISHED
Simonides of Keos NERFINISHED
nationality Greek
occupation poet
teacher of poetry
praisedBy Aristotle NERFINISHED
Plato NERFINISHED
Quintilian NERFINISHED
religion ancient Greek religion
studentOrRelative Bacchylides NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic clarity
pathos
restraint
subjectOf dialogue in Plato's Protagoras
wroteAbout Battle of Marathon NERFINISHED
Battle of Thermopylae NERFINISHED
Persian Wars NERFINISHED

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Pindar contemporaryOf Simonides of Ceos
Polemarchus influencedBy Simonides of Ceos
Ceos hasNotablePoet Simonides of Ceos