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Alkman, Alcman
A Laconian from Messoa; but according to Crates -- who is mistaken -- a Lydian out of Sardis; a lyric poet, son of Damas or Titaros. He was born in the 27th Olympiad, when Ardys, the father of Alyattes, was king of…
Ἀλκμάν· Λάκων ἀπὸ Μεσσόας· κατὰ δὲ τὸν Κράτητα πταίοντα Λυδὸς ἐκ Σάρδεων· λυρικὸς, υἱὸς Δάμαντος ἢ Τιτάρου. ἦν δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς κζʹ Ὀλυμπιάδος, βασιλεύοντος Λυδῶν Ἄρδυος, τοῦ Ἀλυάττου…
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