Alcman (/ ˈælkmən /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκμάν Alkmán; fl. 7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of the Alexandrian canon of the Nine Lyric Poets.

Alcman (flourished 7th century bc, Sparta [Greece]) was a Greek poet who wrote choral lyrics in a type of Doric related to the Laconian vernacular, used in the region that included Sparta.

Alcman :– A Laconian of Messoa, wrongly called by Crates a Lydian of Sardis. A lyric poet, the son of Damas or, according to some authorities, of Titarus. He flourished in the 37th Olympiad (B.C. 631-625), when Ardys father of Alyattes was king of Lydia.

Alcman (also Alkman, Greek: Ἀλκμάν) (seventh century B.C.E., dates unknown) was an ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece.

The Partheneion ‘Maidens’ Song’ of Alcman (PMG 1), performed at a grand public festival in Sparta, on a seasonally-recurring basis, by a khoros ‘chorus, song-and-dance ensemble’ of local maidens specially selected for the occasion, who take …

Apr 12, 2025 · Alcman (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.

Alcman （ Ἀλκμάν), called by the Attic and later Greek writers Alcmaeon (Ἀλκμαίων), the chief lyric poet of Sparta, was by birth a Lydian of Sardis. His father's name was Damas or Titarus. He was brought into Laconia as a slave, evidently when very young.

The Ancient Greek Poet Alcman. Alcman lived during the second half of the 7th century BCE in Sparta, where he engaged in the composition of choral songs, an art he learned from the Greeks of the East and from Sardis. He wrote in the local Laconian dialect, which he enriched with Aeolic elements and Homeric borrowings.

ALCMAN, or Alcmaeon (the former being the Doric form of the name), the founder of Doric lyric poetry, to whom was assigned the first place among the nine lyric poets of Greece in the Alexandrian canon, flourished in the latter half of the 7th century B.C.

Alcman Alcman, poet. wrote in Doric dialect: Paus. 3.15.2 his song on Dioscuri: Paus. 1.41.4, Paus. 3.26.2 on names of Graces: Paus. 3.18.6 his tomb: Paus. 3.15.2. Created in electronic form. The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. hide Search ...