Ancient Spartan poets

6th century BC Spartan philosopher, ephor and writer

thumb|Roman-period mosaic portrait of Alcman from Gerasa, 3rd century AD Alcman (; 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. 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. 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 sta

thumb|Tyrtée by Gustave Moreau, 1882 Tyrtaeus (; Tyrtaios; fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books. His works survive from quotations and papyri, and include 250 lines or parts of lines. He wrote at a time of two crises affecting the city: a civic unrest threatening the authority of kings and elders, later recalled in a poem named Eunomia ("Law and Order"), where he reminded citizens to respect the divine and constitutional roles of kings, council, and demos; and the Second Messenian War, during which he served as a sort of "s

ancient Greek poet

Spartan poet praised by Alcman

Isyllus () was an ancient Greek poet from Epidaurus, of the 4th or 3rd century BC.

Cleitagora or Clitagora or Kleitagora () was a lyric poet mentioned by Aristophanes in his Wasps and his lost play the Danaïdes; a fragment of Cratinus also mentions her. A drinking song named "Cleitagora" is mentioned in Aristophanes' Lysistrata.