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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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
Horace NERFINISHED
Quintilian NERFINISHED
nameInLatinAlphabet Alcaeus NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Ancient Greek
placeOfOrigin Lesbos NERFINISHED
Mytilene NERFINISHED
poeticThemes exile
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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Alcaeus nameInGreek Ἀλκαῖος