Alcman

/ (ˈælkmən) /

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noun

7th century bc, Greek lyric poet

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Words nearby Alcman

Alcindor, Alcinoüs, Alcithoë, ALCM, Alcmaeon, Alcman, Alcmanic verse, Alcmene, alco-, Alcock, Alcock's canal

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How to use Alcman in a sentence

But Alcman asserts that it is the same as the apple, when he says, "less than a ."
The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athenus|Athenus
Alcman, the great lyric poet of Sparta (Lydian by birth), brought the so-called Lydian measure to its highest perfection.
Woman's Work in Music|Arthur Elson
Compare with this the language of Alcman, as the poet has represented him in the following lines.
Plutarch's Morals|Plutarch
Alcman won his laurels at Sparta by the composition of this kind of hymn.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)|John Addington Symonds

Alcman was a native of Sardis, and a slave of Agesilaus the Spartan.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)|John Addington Symonds