Ἀλκμάν

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Ἀλκμάν • (Alkmán) m (genitive Ἀλκμᾶνος); third declension (Doric)

  1. a male given name: Alcman
    1. (in particular) Alcman, a lyric poet
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Lycurgus 28.5:
        (...) τοὺς ἁλισκομένους εἵλωτας κελευομένους ᾄδειν τὰ Τερπάνδρου καὶ Ἀλκμᾶνος καὶ Σπένδοντος τοῦ Λάκωνος παραιτεῖσθαι, (...)
        (...) toùs haliskoménous heílōtas keleuoménous ā́idein tà Terpándrou kaì Alkmânos kaì Spéndontos toû Lákōnos paraiteîsthai, (...)
        (...) that the captured Helots, when ordered to sing the [songs] of Terpander and Alcman and Spendon the Laconian, declined (...)
  2. Doric form of Ἀλκμαίων (Alkmaíōn)

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