Tyrtaeus

American  

[tur-tee-uhs] / tɜrˈti əs /

noun

1. flourished 7th century b.c., Greek poet.

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Example Sentences

Ms. Rosenwein quotes the Spartan poet Tyrtaeus, summarizing his opinion that “when a white-haired man falls to the enemy, he is a ‘shameful sight,’ whereas a young man dead on the battlefield is beautiful.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

When did man forget to rush like Tyrtaeus to the combat, a sword in one hand, the lyre in the other?

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various

And we shall naturally go on to say to him,—You, Tyrtaeus, as it seems, praise those who distinguish themselves in external and foreign war; and he must admit this.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

When this gifted son of the muses identified himself with the Stuart cause he poured forth a stream of inspiring songs which have earned for him the title of the Tyrtaeus of the Rebellion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

It was a little lame schoolmaster, Tyrtaeus, who aroused the Spartans by his poetry and led them to victory against the foe.

From Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters by Marshall, Logan