Alcman (/ˈælkmən/; Greek: Ἀλκμάν Alkmán; fl.  7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of...

In Greek mythology, according to Plutarch, the 7th century BC Greek poet Alcman said that Ersa /ˈɜːrsə/ or Herse /ˈhɜːrsiː/ (Ἔρσα, Érsa, Ἕρση, Hérsē, literally...

daughter of Cleoboea, or Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron. According to Alcman, Leda's parents were Glaucus and Laophonte while Eumelus attested that they...

they were inflamed with passion at the sight of her. On the other hand, in Alcman, nectar is the food, and in Sappho and Anaxandrides, ambrosia is the drink...

worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the "white goddess." Alcman called her "Queen of the Sea" (θαλασσομέδουσα thalassomédousa), which, if...

lyric poetry spanned about three hundred years, starting with the poet, Alcman, in the 7th century BCE and evolving to the works of Timotheos (or Timotheus...

Rhetorics Aeschylus – Tragedy Aesop – Fables Alcaeus of Mytilene – Lyric Poetry Alcman – Lyric Poetry Anacreon – Lyric Poetry Anaxagoras – Philosophy Anaximander...

that Oceanus (and possibly Tethys, too) is the parent of all the deities. Alcman (fl. 7th century BCE) called Thetis the first goddess, producing poros (path)...

written record, a fragment, exists attesting to her worship and an early Alcman hymn exists that identifies Thetis as the creator of the universe. Worship...

speculation that similar relationships existed between women and girls — the poet Alcman used the term aitis, as the feminine form of aites — which was the official...