Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lokacin Thessalian a cikin aikin Simonides ya biyo baya a yawancin tarihin rayuwarsa ta hanyar dawowarsa Athens a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Farisa kuma tabbas ya zama fitaccen mutum na duniya a wancan lokacin, musamman a matsayin marubucin ayoyin tunawa. A cewar wani marubucin tarihin Aeschylus, 'yan Athens sun zabi Simonides a gaban Aeschylus ya zama marubucin wani rubutun girmamawa ga yakin da suka mutu a
Marathon, wanda ya jagoranci mai bakin ciki (wanda ya yi yaƙi a yaƙin kuma ɗan'uwansa ya mutu a can) ya janye zuwa kotun Hieron na Syracuse <unk> labarin mai yiwuwa ya dogara ne akan abubuwan kirkirar masu wasan kwaikwayo na ban dariya amma yana yiwuwa Simonides a zahiri ya rubuta wasu nau'ikan ayoyin tunawa don nasarar Athenian a Marathon.