Ἀλκαῖος
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Ἀλκαῖος is the ancient Greek lyric poet from Lesbos, renowned for his politically charged and personal poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek lyric poet
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| activeIn | Archaic period of Greek literature ⓘ |
| approximateBirthCenturyBCE | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| approximateDeathCenturyBCE | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lesbian school of lyric poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Sappho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInAntiquity | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| floruitCenturyBCE | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
personal poetry ⓘ political poetry ⓘ sympotic poetry ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
drinking songs
ⓘ
hymns ⓘ love poetry ⓘ political songs ⓘ |
| influenced | Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of Alcaic metre
ⓘ
politically charged poetry ⓘ use of Aeolic dialect ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Lesbian lyric tradition ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
NERFINISHED
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Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintilian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInLatinAlphabet | Alcaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Lesbos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| poeticThemes |
exile
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personal emotion ⓘ politics ⓘ symposium ⓘ war ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | aristocratic ⓘ |
| region | Aegean Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingWorksForm | fragments ⓘ |
| tradition | Greek lyric poetry ⓘ |
| usedDialect | Aeolic dialect ⓘ |
| wroteInMetre | Alcaic stanza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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