Alcman

British  

/ ˈælkmən /

noun

1. 7th century _bc , Greek lyric poet

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Example Sentences

And Alcman says— Nectar they eat at will.

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

And in fact we find in the fragments of Tyrtæus and Alcman a lively representation of the feelings and manners of the period.

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

Every one speaks of an Anacreon, a Sappho, and a Pindar; and the names of Archilochus, Alcman, Alcæus, Stesichorus, Simonides, Ibycus, and Bacchylides, if not so often used, are yet familiar to most.

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

But Alcman speaks thus— The thridacisca, and the cribanotus.

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

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

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