Simónides de Ceos

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:activePeriod 6th century BC
5th century BC
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Athens
gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Sparta
gptkbp:award victor at poetic competitions
gptkbp:birthDate c. 556 BC
gptkbp:birthPlace Ceos
gptkbp:deathDate c. 468 BC
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
elegy
epigram
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Simónides de Ceos
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Bacchylides
gptkb:Pindar
gptkbp:knownFor epinician odes
funerary poetry
development of the mnemonic technique
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:legacy credited with inventing the memory palace technique
pioneer of personal and emotional themes in poetry
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Cicero
gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Quintilian
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Danae
Lament for the Dead at Thermopylae
Plataea Elegy
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:poet
elegiac poet
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Hipparchus
gptkb:Pausanias
gptkb:Hieron_I_of_Syracuse
gptkbp:relative gptkb:Bacchylides
Simonides the Younger
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:scholar
ancient biographies
modern classical studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antigua_Grecia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7