Valiant in war was Timocritus, whose monument this is; but Ares spares the bad, not the good.
VIII ON THE SLAIN IN A BATTLE IN THESSALY AESCHYLUS
These men also, the steadfast among spears, dark Fate destroyed as they defended their native land rich in sheep; but they being dead their glory is alive, who woefully clad their limbs in the dust of Ossa.
IX ON THE ATHENIAN DEAD AT THE BATTLE OF CHALCIS SIMONIDES
We fell under the fold of Dirphys, and a memorial is reared over us by our country near the Euripus, not unjustly; for we lost lovely youth facing the rough cloud of war.
X ON THE ERETRIAN EXILES IN PERSIA PLATO
We who of old left the booming surge of the Aegean lie here in the mid-plain of Ecbatana: fare thou well, renowned Eretria once our country, farewell Athens nigh to Euboea, farewell dear sea.
XI ON THE SAME PLATO
We are Eretrians of Euboea by blood, but we lie near Susa, alas! how far from our own land.