Alcman

British  

/ ˈælkmən /

noun

1. 7th century _bc , Greek lyric poet

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Example Sentences

There is not one Greek lyric devoted to what we should designate love, with perhaps something like an exception in Alcman.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

The Alexandrian grammarians put Alcman at the head of the lyric canon; perhaps partly because they thought him the most ancient, but he was certainly much esteemed in classic times.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert

Alcman calls it the “well-fortified Therapne;”354 Pindar mentions its high situation;355 by which they clearly imply a position and fortification similar to that of Tiryns.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

How this is connected with the gloss in Hesychius, Ἀσαναίων πόλιν τὰς Ἀφίδνας, which probably refers to Alcman, does not appear.1813.Above, ch.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Compare with this the language of Alcman, as the poet has represented him in the following lines.

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard