Definition of Alcaeus

1. Noun. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC).

Generic synonyms: Lesbian, Poet

Definition of Alcaeus

1. Proper noun. An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by an Ancient Greek lyric poet of Mytilene (c. 620 BC-6th century BC). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcaeus

Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein
Albright's disease
Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
Albright's syndrome
Albright knot
Albright knots
Albuginaceae
Albula
Albula vulpes
Albulidae
Albuquerque
Alby
Albyn
Alca
Alca torda
Alcaeus (current term)
Alcaic
Alcaic verse
Alcatraz
Alcea
Alcea rosea
Alcedinidae
Alcedo atthis
Alcelaphus
Alces
Alces alces
Alcibiades
Alcidae
Alcides
Alcman

Literary usage of Alcaeus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greek Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by Frank Byron Jevons (1894)
"At the beginning of the sixth century BC, in the time oi Alcaeus, ... In these revolutions and counter-revolutions Alcaeus took an eager part . ..."

2. Greek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the by George Stanley Farnell (1891)
"The story of romantic relations between Alcaeus and Sappho rests on no less authority than that of Aristotle. In Rhet. i. 9. 20 he states that Alcaeus ..."

3. Swans and Amber: Some Early Greek Lyrics by Dorothy Burr Thompson (1988)
"Alcaeus, an aristocrat who helped put down a tyrant, now started to battle for power ... Alcaeus condemns Pittacus, much as Hamlet condemned Claudius, ..."

4. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1894)
"... thing that remains from her contemporary, Alcaeus, is of comparable significance. The scanty fragments suffice, indeed, to show his original power in ..."

5. Specimens of Greek Dialects: Being a Fourth Greek Reader, with Introductions by William Walter Merry (1875)
"612 Bc Alcaeus was the scion of a noble family in the Lesbian Mytilene. ... Alcaeus and his two brothers, who supported the oligarchical party in Mytilene, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1880)
"Those epigrams of Alcaeus which bear internal evidence of their date, ... Heracles, in his anger, slew the descendants of Minos, except Alcaeus and ..."

7. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... but shame restrains me," and she answered him in the words of the present fragment. Blass believes that these verses also are Sappho's, not Alcaeus'. ..."

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