Tyrtaeus

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[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

The Prince had to be content with the part of Tyrtaeus, and in odes, not deficient in merit, stirred the patriotic feelings of his countrymen.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.

Such were Callinos, the satiric Archilochus, the satiric Simonides of Amorgos, the martial Tyrtaeus.

From Initiation into Literature by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.

But we contend that there are men better far than your heroes, Tyrtaeus, concerning whom another poet, Theognis the Sicilian, says that 'in a civil broil they are worth their weight in gold and silver.'

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

Encouraged by the strains of Tyrtaeus, the Spartans again marched against the Messenians.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir