O xein!, angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti teide
keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi.
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Go, tell the Spartans, stranger passing by That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
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Epitaph on the Cenotaph of Thermopylae, recorded by Herodotus.
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Note: There is a long unsolved dispute around the interpretation of the word rhemasi, such as laws, words or orders.Simonides of Ceos
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Simonon, Paul
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