Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 epigram don girmama rayukan da suka mutu a yakin Marathon
, wanda ya sa 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 da alama Simonides a zahiri ya rubuta wasu nau'ikan ayoyin tunawa don nasarar Atina a Marathon.