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Alcman (/ˈælkmən/; Gr****: Ἀλκμάν Alkmán; fl. 7th
century BC) was an
Ancient Gr****
choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the
earliest representative of...
- In Gr**** mythology,
according to Plutarch, the 7th
century BC Gr**** poet
Alcman said that Ersa /ˈɜːrsə/ or
Herse /ˈhɜːrsiː/ (Ἔρσα, Érsa, Ἕρση, Hérsē, literally...
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daughter of Cleoboea, or Laophonte,
daughter of Pleuron.
According to
Alcman, Leda's
parents were
Glaucus and
Laophonte while Eumelus attested that they...
- they were
inflamed with p****ion at the
sight of her. On the
other hand, in
Alcman,
nectar is the food, and in
Sappho and Anaxandrides,
ambrosia is the drink...
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Rhetorics Aeschylus –
Tragedy Aesop –
Fables Alcaeus of
Mytilene –
Lyric Poetry Alcman –
Lyric Poetry Anacreon –
Lyric Poetry Anaxagoras –
Philosophy Anaximander...
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worshiped as a
goddess under her
epithet Leucothea, the "white goddess."
Alcman called her "Queen of the Sea" (θαλασσομέδουσα thal****omédousa), which, if...
- that Oce**** (and
possibly Tethys, too) is the
parent of all the deities.
Alcman (fl. 7th century BCE)
called Thetis the
first goddess,
producing poros (path)...
- Cicero, De
Natura Deorum 3.21-23. Hard 2004, p. 46; Keightley, p. 55;
Alcman fr. 57 Campbell, pp. 434, 435. Cook 1914, p. 456; Smith, s.v. Selene. Homeric...
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lyric poetry spanned about three hundred years,
starting with the poet,
Alcman, in the 7th
century BCE and
evolving to the
works of
Timotheos (or Timotheus...
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written record, a fragment,
exists attesting to her
worship and an
early Alcman hymn
exists that
identifies Thetis as the
creator of the universe. Worship...
