The particular aptness of that description arises from its having been included in a report prepared by a body, the United Nations Children apos s Fund (UNICEF), which acts as a guardian for future generations.

In the words of the Roman rhetorician Quintilian Simonides has a simple style, but he can be commended for the aptness of his language and for a certain charm his chief merit, however, lies in the power to excite pity, so much so that some prefer him in this respect to all other writers of the genre.