 Complete the following phrase:  Simonides has long been known to have written epitaphs for those who died in the Persian Wars and this has resulted in many pithy verses being misattributed to him ... as wise saws to Confucius or musical anecdotes to Beecham. Modern scholars generally consider only one of the attributed epigrams to be unquestionably authentic an inscription for the seer Megistius quoted by Herodotus, which places in doubt even some of the most famous examples, such as the one to the Spartans at Thermopylae, quoted in the introduction. He composed longer pieces on a Persian War theme, including Dirge for the Fallen at Thermopylae, Battle at 