Alcman biography of williams

Ancient Greek lyric poet from Sparta

Alcman (; Ancient Greek: ἈλκμάνAlkmán; fl.  7th century BC) was an Ancient Greekchoral lyric poet from Sparta.

He is the earliest representative of the Alexandrian canon of the Nine Lyric Poets. He wrote six books of choral poetry, most of which is now lost; his poetry survives in quotation from other ancient authors and on fragmentary papyri discovered in Egypt.

Alcman biography of williams

His poetry was composed in the local Doric dialect with Homeric influences. Based on his surviving fragments, his poetry was mostly hymns, and seems to have been composed in long stanzas made up of lines in several different meters.

Biography

Alcman's dates are uncertain, but he was probably active in the late seventh century BC.^[1] The name of his mother is not known; his father may have been called either Damas or Titarus.^[2] Alcman's nationality was disputed even in antiquity.^[3] The records of the ancient authors were often de