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Greek lyric poet
in addition to the brothers of Alcaeus, included Pittacus (later renowned as one of the Seven Sages of Greece); Alcaeus at that time was too young to be
Alcaeus
Ancient Greek mythological figure
mythology, Alcaeus /ælˈsiːəs/ or Alkaios (Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος derived from alke "strength") was the name of a number of different people: Alcaeus, was a
Alcaeus_(mythology)
1881 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Sappho and Alcaeus is an oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch-British artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema, from 1881. It is held by the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore
Sappho_and_Alcaeus
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up alcaeus (disambiguation) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alcaeus may refer to: Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC), a Greek lyric
Alcaeus_(disambiguation)
Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 630–c. 570 BC)
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
Sappho
Divine hero in Greek mythology
(/ˈhɛrəkliːz/ Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, lit. 'glory/fame of Hera'), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in
Heracles
Body of literary work by Ancient Greek poet Sappho
Voigt = Alcaeus 256 Lobel-Page l.5; cf. frr. 8, 49, 96, 131, and fr. 214C Campbell) and a mention of Abanthis (inc. auc. 35 Voigt = Alcaeus 261b col
Poetry_of_Sappho
3rd-century BC Greek poet
imagining the existence of an epigrammatist named Alcaeus under the emperor Titus. Those epigrams of Alcaeus which bear internal evidence of their date were
Alcaeus_of_Messene
Genus of true bugs
belong to the genus Alcaeus: Alcaeus hermannsburgi (Distant, 1910) Alcaeus lignicolor Walker, 1867 Alcaeus subspinosus Gross, 1976 Alcaeus varicornis (Westwood
Alcaeus_(bug)
Fabricius mentions another Alcaeus, a tragedian. This appears to be the same person as Alcaeus the comic poet. Alcaeus was reported to have written
Alcaeus_(comic_poet)
Figure in Greek mythology, husband of Alcmene
"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
Amphitryon
Personification of the sky in Greek mythology
Lane Fox, p. 274 with n. 37; Acusilas fr. 4 Fowler [= FGrHist 2 F4]; Alcaeus fr. 441 Campbell; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.981–992. Grimal,
Uranus_(mythology)
Ancient Greek hero and founder of Mycenae
(Μέρρος) burned the head. Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and Cynurus, and two daughters,
Perseus
Four-line stanza form
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
Alcaic_stanza
American politician (1859–1938)
Alcaeus Hooper (January 2, 1859 – July 1, 1938) was the Mayor of Baltimore from November 20, 1895, to November 17, 1897. Alcaeus Hooper was born in Baltimore
Alcaeus_Hooper
Luminous plasma created in an electric field
Africo, 47) and Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia, book 2, par. 101), Alcaeus frag. 34. Earlier, Xenophanes of Colophon had alluded to the phenomenon
St._Elmo's_fire
Set of Ancient Greek dialects
dialects. 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
Aeolic_Greek
Greek god of love and sex
ISBN 0-511-03282-X. Sappho; Alcaeus (1982). David A. Campbell (ed.). Greek Lyric. Loeb Classical Library 142. Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Translated by David
Eros
Ghost daemon in Greek mythology
with a reference to Alcaeus, fr. 406 & Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 886 ff. Etymologicum Genuinum fr. 151 with a reference to Alcaeus, fr. 406 This article
Epiales
Goddess and river in Greek mythology
first mention of Acheron as the river the dead must cross is found in Alcaeus, fr. 38A Campbell [= P. Oxy. 1233 fr. 1 ii 8–20 + 2166(b)1 = fr. 38A Lobel-Page
Styx
Spirit of impossibility in Greek mythology
Amechania was mentioned by ancient Greek authors such as Alcaeus and Herodotus. RE, s.v. Amechania. Alcaeus, fr. 364 Herodotus, Histories 8.111.1 Herodotus, The
Amechania
Class of Ancient Greek poetic form
represented in Alcaeus' work (e.g. Alcaeus frr. 34, 42, 45, 308b, 362). Alcaeus frr. 38a and 141 use the same meter as Book II of Sappho, and Alcaeus frr. 340
Aeolic_verse
Two Epicurean philosophers
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
Alcaeus_and_Philiscus
Greek mythological hero
Achilles with the northern margin of the inhabited world in a poem by Alcaeus, speaking of "Achilles lord of Scythia" and the opposition of North and
Achilles
Woman mentioned by Sappho
in January 1896. In the play, Anactoria is initially loved by the poet Alcaeus, who leaves her for Sappho. In his 1961 collection Imitations, the American
Anactoria
Body of lyric poetry written in dialects of Ancient Greek
encyclopedic movement at Alexandria anthologized a canon of the nine melic poets: Alcaeus, Alcman, Anacreon, Bacchylides, Ibycus, Pindar, Sappho, Simonides, and
Greek_lyric
Ancient Greek musical instrument
yellow). Orpheus Mosaic in Rottweil Alcaeus of Mytilene playing a cithara while Sappho listens in Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1881; The
Kithara
In Greek mythology, Anaxo (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξώ) was the daughter of Alcaeus (son of Perseus and Andromeda) and Astydameia (daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia)
Anaxo_(daughter_of_Alcaeus)
Greek mythology character, founder of Thebes
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Cadmus
Greek mythical character
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Actaeon
Greek mythical twins
University Press. Alcæus of Mytilene (1982). "Fragment 34". In Campbell, David A. (ed.). Sappho, Alcaeus: Greek lyric. Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. doi:10.4159/DLCL
Castor_and_Pollux
Mythological king of Tiryns and Mycenae
Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Cynurus, Gorgophone and Autochthe. He is most commonly married to Anaxo, daughter of his brother Alcaeus and sister
Electryon
Greek island in the North Aegean
called the "Island of the Poets", alluding to renowned native poets like Alcaeus and Sappho. The oldest artifacts found on the island may date to the late
Lesbos
Formal type of poetry
critical study. These archaic and classical musician-poets included Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon and Pindar. Archaic lyric was characterized by strophic composition
Lyric_poetry
Snake-monster in Greek and Roman mythology
a six-headed Hydra, its number of heads was first fixed in writing by Alcaeus (c. 600 BC), who gave it nine heads. Simonides, writing a century later
Lernaean_Hydra
Mythical Greek king of Thebes
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Oedipus
Group of ancient Greek poets
Sappho of Mytilene or Eresos of Lesbos (monodic lyric, 7th century BC) Alcaeus of Mytilene of Lesbos (monodic lyric, 7th century BC) Anacreon of Teos
Nine_Lyric_Poets
Fragment of a poem by Sappho
portrayal of Helen is much more concerned with her agency than Alcaeus' is. While in Alcaeus, Paris is the "deceiver of his host", in Sappho his role is
Sappho_16
Four-line stanza form
line structures mirroring the original with varying levels of fidelity. Alcaeus of Mytilene composed in, and may have invented, the Sapphic stanza, but
Sapphic_stanza
Latin poetry collection
Pindar in 1.12, Sappho in 1.13, Alcaeus in 1.14, Bacchylides in 1.15, Stesichorus in 1.16, Anacreon in 1.17, and Alcaeus again in 1.18. The book contains
Odes_(Horace)
Latin phrase about speaking truth while drunk
of Naucratis in his Deipnosophistae; it is now traced back to a poem by Alcaeus. Herodotus asserts that if the Persians decided something while drunk,
In_vino_veritas
Greek mythological figure
Menoeceus from Thebes and thus sister of Creon and Jocasta. She married Alcaeus, son of Perseus and Andromeda, and had children by him, a son Amphitryon
Hipponome
Fragment of a Greek lyric poem by Sappho
(96) Midnight poem (168B) Brothers poem Papyri: Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 7 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1231 Related Alcaeus Anactoria Sapphic stanza Category v t e
Sappho_31
Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, p. 192 Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 29 "Sappho and Alcaeus". Walters Art Museum. Norwich, John Julius (1990). Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia
Lawrence_Alma-Tadema
Son of Perseus in Greek mythology
brother of Perses, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, Mestor, and Gorgophone. Heleus accompanied his nephew Amphitryon, son of Alcaeus, on the expedition
Heleus
Greek lyric poem by Sappho
numbering used throughout is from Eva-Maria Voigt's 1971 edition of Sappho and Alcaeus. Hephaistion uses the Ode to Aphrodite to illustrate the Sapphic stanza
Ode_to_Aphrodite
Type of lyric poem
Horace; the odes of Horace deliberately imitated the Greek lyricists such as Alcaeus and Anacreon. Irregular odes use rhyme, but not the three-part form of
Ode
Ancient Greek tribe
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
Aeolians
Figure in Greek mythology
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Creon_(king_of_Thebes)
State motto of Alabama; trans. "We dare defend our rights"
of the current motto is drawn from the lines of "An Ode in Imitation of Alcaeus", also known by its first line, "What constitutes a State?" It was published
Audemus_jura_nostra_defendere
Ancient Greek personification of death
to have it roll back down when he got close to the top. A fragment of Alcaeus, a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC, refers to this episode: King
Thanatos
the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. The lyric poets Sappho, Alcaeus, and Pindar were highly influential during the early development of the
Ancient_Greek_literature
British classical scholar (1888–1982)
of the two standard editions of Sappho and Alcaeus, the other being E.-M. Voigt (ed.), Sappho et Alcaeus. Fragmenta (Amsterdam 1971). Lobel and Page’s
Edgar_Lobel
Metaphor in The Republic by Plato
Good. The origins of the metaphor can be traced back to the lyric poet Alcaeus (fragments 6, 208, 249), and it is also found in Aeschylus' Seven Against
Ship_of_State
Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC)
who had long ago abandoned their shields in battle, notably his heroes Alcaeus and Archilochus. The comparison with the latter poet is uncanny: Archilochus
Horace
Aethiopian princess in Greek mythology
mythographer Apollodorus states that Perseus and Andromeda have six sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and a daughter, Gorgophone. Their
Andromeda_(mythology)
Roman longsword
does not appear in Homeric Greek, but it is mentioned in the works of Alcaeus of Mytilene (sixth century BC) and Theophrastus (fourth century BC). It
Spatha
Descendants of Perseus in Greek mythology
Proetus ruled in Argos. Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and Cynurus; and two daughters:
Perseids_(mythology)
Ancient Greek poet of the archaic period
modern era.[citation needed] Imitations of his work have been observed in Alcaeus, Epimenides, Mimnermus, Semonides, Tyrtaeus and Archilochus, from which
Hesiod
Poem written by Sappho
Finglass 2026, pp. 10–11. Campbell, D. A. (1982). Greek Lyric I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. de Kreij, Mark (2016). "Ουκ εστι
Sappho_2
Mythical son of Minos
Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus and Xenodice. Androgeus's sons were Sthenelus and Alcaeus, who later became companions of Heracles. Androgeus was murdered in Athens
Androgeus_(son_of_Minos)
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus Aesop Alcaeus Archilochus Aristophanes Bacchylides Diodorus Siculus Euripides Herodotus
Ancient_Greece
Set of mythological Greek characters
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
Guneus
Decade
many classes and establishing the Ecclesia. 593 BC—Exile of Sappho and Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene in Sicily. 592 BC—Early history of Sudan: An Egyptian
590s_BC
Ancient Greek goddess of mischief
to one of the two lyric poets of early sixth-century Lesbos: Sappho or Alcaeus, refers to Ate as "insatiable". A fragment of the fifth-century BC philosopher
Ate_(mythology)
West wind god in Greek mythology
they became the parents of Pothos, the god of desire, and according to Alcaeus of Mytilene (a six-century BC poet from the island of Lesbos), of Eros
Zephyrus
King of Tiryns and Mycenae from Greek Mythology
Perseus and the Ethiopian princess Andromeda, and the brother of Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Electryon, and Gorgophone. By Nicippe, sister of Atreus
Sthenelus_(son_of_Perseus)
Son of Electryon in Greek mythology
was a Mycenaean prince as son of King Electryon and Anaxo, daughter of Alcaeus. He was the brother of Stratobates, Phylonomus, Celaeneus, Amphimachus
Gorgophonus
Series of figures in Greek mythology
"law") may refer to: Laonome, daughter of Guneus, possible spouse of Alcaeus and mother of Amphitryon, Anaxo and Perimede. She was a woman of Pheneus
Laonome
Greek mythological figures; considered the founders of Thebes
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Amphion_and_Zethus
Tool used to play stringed instruments
coconut shell plectrum, used for playing the sarod. Also known as a "Javva". Alcaeus and Sappho holding their lyres and plectra. Attic red-figure calathus,
Plectrum
(reintroduced democracy) Timarchus, 3rd century BC Myrsilus, late 7th century BC, (Alcaeus was against him) Pittacus, fl. 600 BC (resigned after ten years) Coes,
List_of_ancient_Greek_tyrants
Poem possibly written by Sappho
the archaic Lesbian dialect found elsewhere in the works of Sappho and Alcaeus. Those who believe that Sappho did compose the poem argue that the evidence
Midnight_poem
Hottest part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere
head and knees and the skin is dry through heat. About a century later, Alcaeus repeated the theme, advising his listeners to "steep your lungs in wine"
Dog_days
Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC)
(Asiatic) name Smerdis or Smerdies, a name which also occurs in the poems of Alcaeus and Anacreon. Bardiya is called Tanyoxarces by Ctesias, who also names
Bardiya
Target game played by ancient Greeks and Etruscans
kisses.[citation needed] Ancient writers, including Dionysius Chalcus, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Pindar, Bacchylides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
Kottabos
Inscribed clay disc found in Crete, Greece
Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus Aesop Alcaeus Archilochus Aristophanes Bacchylides Diodorus Siculus Euripides Herodotus
Phaistos_Disc
Capital of the Greek island of Lesbos
hinterland.[citation needed] Her most famous citizens were the poets Sappho and Alcaeus and the statesman Pittacus (one of the Seven Sages of Greece). The city
Mytilene
Ancient Greek board game
17.1.02. ISSN 1496-9343. Alcaeus (1982) [ca. 600 BCE]. Campbell, David A. (ed.). "Greek Lyric, Volume I: Sappho and Alcaeus". Loeb Classics (in Ancient
Five_Lines
English writer (1865–1940)
Paintings A Roman Flower Market (1868) A Sculptor's Model (1877) Sappho and Alcaeus (1881) The Tepidarium (1881) A Reading from Homer (1885) The Women of Amphissa
Laurence_Alma-Tadema
Mythological king of Thebes
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Eteocles
Mythological Greek king
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Autesion
Ancient Minoan buildings in Crete
Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus Aesop Alcaeus Archilochus Aristophanes Bacchylides Diodorus Siculus Euripides Herodotus
Minoan_palaces
Mother of Heracles
Tiryns and Mycenae or Medea in Argolis. Her mother was Anaxo, daughter of Alcaeus and Astydamia. Other accounts say her mother was Lysidice, the daughter
Alcmene
Greek mythological king of Thebes
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Laius
Overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece
Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus Aesop Alcaeus Archilochus Aristophanes Bacchylides Diodorus Siculus Euripides Herodotus
Outline_of_ancient_Greece
King of Tiryns in Greek mythology
Amphitryon was also a grandson of Perseus, and since Amphitryon's father (Alcaeus) was older than Eurystheus' father (Sthenelus), he might have received
Eurystheus
Greek water deity
Moralia 918 A, 940 A). Campbell, David A., Greek Lyric, Volume I: Sappho and Alcaeus, Loeb Classical Library No. 142, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University
Ersa
Greek grammarian and scholar (c. 220 – c. 143 BC)
fragments preserved in the various scholia. His works cover such writers as Alcaeus, Anacreon, Pindar, Hesiod, and the tragedians. He modified the system of
Aristarchus_of_Samothrace
Symbol found in ancient Greek papyri
(second century CE), with the coronis used to mark the end of a poem by Alcaeus. Obelism Schironi 2010, p. 10. Liddell & Scott 1996, p. 983 s.v. κορωνίς
Coronis_(textual_symbol)
Plato Protagoras Pythagoras Socrates Thales Zeno Authors Aeschylus Aesop Alcaeus Archilochus Aristophanes Bacchylides Diodorus Siculus Euripides Herodotus
Greece_in_the_Roman_era
Mythical character
their daughters married into the House of Perseus: Astydameia (who married Alcaeus), Nicippe (who married Sthenelus), Lysidice (who married Mestor), and Eurydice
Pelops
Ancient collection of short poems
Miletus Aeschrion of Samos Aeschylus Aesop Agathias Agis of Argos Alcaeus of Messene Alcaeus of Mytilene Alexander Aetolus Alexander of Magnesia [el] Alpheus
Greek_Anthology
Ancient Greek personification of the rainbow
Eros, the god of love, according to sixth century BC Greek lyric poet Alcaeus, though Eros is usually said to be the son of Aphrodite. Iris is said to
Iris_(mythology)
Multiple Greek mythological figures
(1); Apollodorus, 2.4.5. Herodorus (FGrHist 31 F15) has their children as Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, and Mestor. RE, s.v. Mestor (2); Apollodorus, 2
Mestor
Mythological prince of Thebes
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Polynices
1888 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Paintings A Roman Flower Market (1868) A Sculptor's Model (1877) Sappho and Alcaeus (1881) The Tepidarium (1881) A Reading from Homer (1885) The Women of Amphissa
The_Roses_of_Heliogabalus
Ancient Anatolian kingdom
Heracles had an affair with one of Iardanus' slave-girls and their son Alcaeus was the first of the Heraclid Dynasty said to have ruled Lydia for 22 generations
Lydia
Greek mythological Theban king
A7, A8 & A9. Creon (Regent) Jocasta 6. Laius Merope Polybus Hipponome Alcaeus Zeus Alcmene Amphitryon Perimede 7. Oedipus Megara Heracles Iphicles Anaxo
Lycus_(son_of_Hyrieus)
("Sack of Troy") the Nostoi ("Returns") several poems by Stesichorus, Alcaeus, and Sappho numerous plays, mostly tragedies of which the extant ones are:
Trojan War in literature and the arts
Trojan_War_in_literature_and_the_arts
ALCAEUS
ALCAEUS
ALCAEUS
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Perennially Happy
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, Indian
Warlike Friend
Boy/Male
Tamil
Worshipped
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Hebrew
The Lord is Gracious; Female Version of John
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Benn.
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : unexplained. There is a Turnock Farm in Cheshire, but it is not clear whether the surname arose from the place name or vice versa.
Girl/Female
British, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Latin
A Compound of Lee; Wood; To Twine Around
Boy/Male
Tamil
Thiru Murugan | திர௠மà¯à®°à¯à®•à®¨
Wise, Knowledgeable, Attained realization
Male
English
 Old English name WILEY means "water meadow." Compare with another form of Wiley.
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord of the Night
ALCAEUS
ALCAEUS
ALCAEUS
ALCAEUS
ALCAEUS
n.
A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
a.
Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.