Alcman

British  

/ ˈælkmən /

noun

1. 7th century _bc , Greek lyric poet

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Example Sentences

In Sparta the guests, as in the time of Homer, were called δαιτύμονες, Alcman ap.

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

The fabulous narration of Polyænus appears to me to be historically refuted by Alcman, as also by that remarked in b.

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

And Alcman says— Nectar they eat at will.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

With a dexterous and abrupt agility, Alcman had extricated himself from the Samian's grasp, but with a force that swung the captain on his knee.

From Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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