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Alcaeus

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Alcaeus (c. 611-c. 580 BC)

Greek lyric poet. Born at Mytilene in Lesvos, a contemporary of Sappho, he was a member of an aristocratic family opposed to the ruling tyrants, and spent time in exile. The surviving fragments of his poems deal with politics, drinking, and love. The Alcaic stanza is named after him.

The Alcaic metre was a favourite with Horace, and has been imitated by Tennyson in ‘O Mighty-mouth'd inventor of harmonies...’.
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Some persons possessed this power for life, others only for a particular time or particular purpose, as the people of Mitylene elected Pittacus to oppose the exiles, who were headed by Antimenides and Alcaeus the poet, as we learn from a poem of his; for he upbraids the Mitylenians for having chosen Pittacus for their tyrant, and with one [1285b] voice extolling him to the skies who was the ruin of a rash and devoted people.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
In conclusion it may be worth while to add the graceful epigram of Alcaeus of Messene ("Palatine Anthology", vii
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