Alcman

Alcman in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

(Ἀλκμάν, the Doric form of Ἀλκμαίων). The chief lyric poet of Sparta, though by birth a Lydian of Sardis. He was brought to Laconia as a slave when very young, and was emancipated by his master, who discovered his genius. He probably flourished about B.C. 631. He is said to have died, like Sulla , of the morbus pedicularis. Alcman is believed by so...

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Alcman in Wikipedia

Alcman (also Alkman, Greek Ἀλκμάν) (7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of the Alexandrinian canon of the nine lyric poets. Biography Family The name of Alcman's mother is not known but his father may have been named either Damas or Titarus.[1] Origin Alcman's nationality was a ma...

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