Alcman (ən; 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. == Biography == The name of Alcman`s mother is not known but his father may have been named either Damas or Titarus. Alcman`s nationality was a matt.....
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Greek poet who wrote choral lyrics in a type of Doric related to the Laconian vernacular, used in the region that included Sparta.[1 related articles]
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(lived 7th century BC) Greek lyric poet. He composed choral works for Spartan festivals, especially songs to be sung by two choirs of girls. The longest surviving fragment of his work is the...
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Alcman was the chief lyric poet of Sparta. A Lydian by birth, he flourished between 671 BC and 631 BC and wrote (in the Doric dialect) love songs, hymns, paeans, etc, of which only fragments remain.
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