Tyrtaeus

[ tur-tee-uhs ]

noun

1. flourished 7th century b.c., Greek poet.

Example Sentences

Oh Tyrtaeus, I would say to him, we agree with you in praising those who excel in war, but which kind of war do you mean?

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The virtue of Tyrtaeus, although needful enough in his own time, is really of a fourth-rate description.

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The martial poet Tyrtaeus, and the oligarch Theognis, furnish him with happy illustrations of the two sorts of courage.

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After these, excellent Homer and Tyrtaeus animated the manly mind to martial achievements with their verses.

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It was a little lame schoolmaster, Tyrtaeus, who aroused the Spartans by his poetry and led them to victory against the foe.

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