Explore Simonides through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Simonides in a sentence
Simonides meaning
Ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Ceos.
Using Simonides
- The main meaning on this page is: Ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Ceos.
- In the example corpus, simonides often appears in combinations such as: by simonides.
Context around Simonides
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Simonides
- In this selection, "simonides" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, poet, focusing, claimed and died stand out and add context to how "simonides" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accusations of simonides and like simonides he followed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "simonides" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with simonides
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Simonides died shortly after, and the issue lay dormant for many years. (12 words)
Henry Bradshaw, a British librarian known to both men, defended the Tischendorf find of the Sinaiticus, casting aside the accusations of Simonides. (22 words)
Simonides claimed the false nature of the document in the Guardian in an exchange of letters among scholars and others, at the time. (23 words)
Like Simonides, he followed the lyric tradition of coining compound adjectives – a tradition in which the poet was expected to be both innovative and tasteful – but the results are thought by some modern scholars to be uneven. (37 words)
Simonides, whose name may be a synonym mocking Tischendorf, had a somewhat obscure history, as he claimed he was at Mt. Athos in the years preceding Tischendorf's contact, making the claim at least plausible. (35 words)
Simonides also claimed his father had died and the invitation to Mt. Athos came from his uncle, a monk there, but subsequent letters to his father were found among his possessions at his death. (34 words)
Example sentences (9)
Bradshaw showed that the Codex Sinaiticus brought by Tischendorf from the Greek monastery of Mount Sinai was not a modern forgery or written by Simonides.
Henry Bradshaw, a British librarian known to both men, defended the Tischendorf find of the Sinaiticus, casting aside the accusations of Simonides.
In his eponymous Platonic dialogue, Protagoras interprets a poem by Simonides, focusing on the use of words, their literal meaning, and the author's original intent.
In later times the poet Simonides was credited for development of these techniques, perhaps for no reason other than that the power of his memory was famous.
Like Simonides, he followed the lyric tradition of coining compound adjectives – a tradition in which the poet was expected to be both innovative and tasteful – but the results are thought by some modern scholars to be uneven.
Simonides also claimed his father had died and the invitation to Mt. Athos came from his uncle, a monk there, but subsequent letters to his father were found among his possessions at his death.
Simonides claimed the false nature of the document in the Guardian in an exchange of letters among scholars and others, at the time.
Simonides died shortly after, and the issue lay dormant for many years.
Simonides, whose name may be a synonym mocking Tischendorf, had a somewhat obscure history, as he claimed he was at Mt. Athos in the years preceding Tischendorf's contact, making the claim at least plausible.
Common combinations with simonides
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- by simonides 2×