-Lived around 650 B.C.
About his Writing
His work titled "On Women" is the longest fragment of a poem that has survived from his time period. It does not refer to women in a very favorable manner. The poem is about women in their role as wives, and Semonides calls them a curse and describes them as different types of animals.
Other Information about his Life
Semonides led a group of peole to the island of Amorgos to begin a colony there.
Links to more information about Semonides
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