SIMONIDES' USE OF THE TERM TETPA[Gamma][Omega]NO[Sigma]

In a well-known fragment preserved in Plato's Protagoras, Greek poet Simonides uses the term "square" as a figurative way of describing a "truly good man" in his poems. It is a natural wonder about the provenance of that image. Johnston and Mulroy argue that unfolding the association of Simonides getting the image from the world of archaic sculpture of the Greeks greatly enhances one's understanding of his poems' original spirit and context.