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- Alcaeus of Mytilene (/ælˈsiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Alkaios ho Mutilēnaios; c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC) was a lyric poet from the Greek...29 KB (3,669 words) - 05:53, 19 August 2023
- Alcaeus and Philiscus (or Alcius and Philiscus; fl. 2nd century BC) were two Epicurean philosophers who were expelled from Rome in either 173 BC or 154...2 KB (273 words) - 21:13, 2 July 2023
- Aporia. Amechania was mentioned by ancient Greek authors such as Alcaeus and Herodotus. Alcaeus, fr. 364 Herodotus, Histories 8.111.1 Herodotus, The Histories...1 KB (91 words) - 14:34, 22 October 2023
- Alcaic stanza (section In Alcaeus' poetry)invented by Alcaeus, a lyric poet from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, about 600 BC. The Alcaic stanza and the Sapphic stanza named for Alcaeus' contemporary...8 KB (1,041 words) - 14:09, 5 February 2024
- mythology, Alcaeus /ælˈsiːəs/ or Alkaios (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος derived from alke "strength") was the name of a number of different people: Alcaeus, was a...7 KB (758 words) - 14:45, 21 April 2024
- Ptocheia. Penia was also mentioned by other ancient Greek writers such as Alcaeus (Fragment 364), Theognis (Fragment 1; 267, 351, 649), Aristophanes (Plutus...3 KB (332 words) - 13:20, 2 April 2024
- innovations. Aeolic Greek is widely known as the language of Sappho and of Alcaeus of Mytilene. Aeolic poetry, which is exemplified in the works of Sappho...50 KB (2,904 words) - 15:35, 12 May 2024
- Look up alcaeus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alcaeus may refer to: Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC), a Greek lyric poet Alcaeus (comic...704 bytes (145 words) - 21:30, 7 March 2024
- may refer to: Guneus, a man from Pheneus and father of Laonome, wife of Alcaeus. Through his daughter, he was the grandfather of Amphitryon, Anaxo and...4 KB (490 words) - 20:47, 15 July 2022
- Aeolic verse (section Sappho and Alcaeus' verse)forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed in their native Aeolic dialect. These verse forms were taken...16 KB (1,891 words) - 18:35, 16 December 2023
- by most ancient sources, who considered her a contemporary of the poet Alcaeus and the tyrant Pittacus, both also from Lesbos. She therefore may have...81 KB (10,014 words) - 22:42, 8 May 2024
- Alcaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος), the son of Miccus, was an Athenian comic poet. His comedies marked the transition between Old Comedy and Middle Comedy...2 KB (150 words) - 15:18, 28 July 2022
- "harassing either side", Latin: Amphitruo), in Greek mythology, was a son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns in Argolis. His mother was named either Astydameia, the...13 KB (1,351 words) - 08:52, 4 May 2024
- Sappho and Alcaeus is an 1881 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema. It is held by the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore. The...3 KB (276 words) - 23:22, 16 March 2024
- Alcaeus of Messene (/ælˈsiːəs/; Greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μεσσήνιος) was an ancient Greek poet, who flourished between 219 and 196 BC. Twenty-two of his short...3 KB (415 words) - 06:46, 11 September 2019
- Ancient Greek most famously known for its use by poets like Sappho and Alcaeus from Lesbos, and Corinna from Boeotia. The name derives from Aeolus, the...5 KB (398 words) - 23:35, 15 February 2024
- -os means something different, namely the feverish chill . . . Alkaios (Alcaeus) called it epialos. Apollonios says that Epialtes itself (the nighmare...4 KB (393 words) - 23:58, 29 December 2023
- English Wikipedia has an article on: Alcaeus (mythology) Wikipedia Alkaios From Ancient Greek Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos). Alcaeus An Ancient Greek name, particularly
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- Alcaeus of Mytilene (IPA: /ælˈsiːəs/; Attic Greek Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios; c. 620 – 6th century BC), Greek lyric poet from Lesbos who is credited with inventing
- poems gave rise to the word lesbian), born in Eressos and the lyric poet Alcaeus of Mytilene, an older contemporary. A glimpse of the ancient life in Lesbos
- Through careful analysis of the fragments of Alcaeus and Sappho, (male and female lyric poets respectively, writing during the same time period), considers