On Those Who Fell at Eurymedon. Simonides (c. 556-468 B.C.). Asia Minor: Eurymedon, the River. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. Asia: Vols. XXI-XXIII

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79.

Asia Minor: Eurymedon, the River

On Those Who Fell at Eurymedon

Simonides (c. 556–468 B.C.)


Translated by J. H. Merivale THESE by the streams of famed Eurymedon
Their short but brilliant race of life have run;
In winged ships and on the embattled field
Alike, they forced the Median bows to yield,
Breaking their foremost ranks. Now here they lie,	5
Their names inscribed on rolls of victory.