[Word-for-word translation] O stranger, announce to the Lacadaemonians [Spartans] that here We lie, to their words [or laws] obedient. (Simonides of Ceos)

[Word-for-word translation] O stranger, announce to the Lacadaemonians [Spartans] that here We lie, to their words [or laws] obedient.

Simonides of Ceos

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