person
Simonides
also: Ceae neniae
The poet of Ceos, master of the dirge (nenia); the 'Cean dirge' stands for mournful elegy.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.1 Cean dirge
The mournful elegy of Simonides of Ceos; the saucy Muse must not exchange light song for it.