Alcman

/ ˈælkmən /

noun

1. Alcman7th century bc7th century bcMGreekWRITING: poet 7th century bc , Greek lyric poet

Example Sentences

But Alcman asserts that it is the same as the apple, when he says, "less than a ."

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Alcman, the great lyric poet of Sparta (Lydian by birth), brought the so-called Lydian measure to its highest perfection.

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

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Alcman won his laurels at Sparta by the composition of this kind of hymn.

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Alcman was a native of Sardis, and a slave of Agesilaus the Spartan.

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