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Tyrtaeus. Tyrtaeus ( / tɜːrˈtiːəs /; Greek: Τυρταῖος Tyrtaios; fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books. His works survive from quotations and papyri, and include 250 lines or parts of lines. He wrote at a time of two crises affecting the city: a civic unrest ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Tyrtaeus (flourished middle of the 7th century bc, Sparta [Greece]) was a Greek elegiac poet, author of stirring poetry on military themes supposedly composed to help Sparta win the Second Messenian War. Greek tradition after the 6th century claimed that Tyrtaeus was a schoolmaster from Athens or Miletus, sent to Sparta in reluctant compliance ...
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Nay, let each man close the foe, and with his own long spear, or else with his sword, wound and take an enemy, and setting foot beside foot, resting shield against shield, crest beside crest, helm beside helm, fight his man breast to breast with sword or long spear in hand. And ye also, ye light-armed, crouch ye on either hand beneath the ...
Tyrtaeus. *Turtai=os, (or Τύρταιος ), son of Archembrotus, the celebrated poet, who assisted the Spartans in the Second Messenian War, was the second in order of time of the Greek elegiac poets, Callinus being the first. At the time when his name first appears in history, he is represented, according to the prevalent account, as living ...
Tyrtaeus. “Tyrtaeus: —（1） Son of Archembrotus, a Laconian or a Milesian, writer of Elegy and fluteplayer, who is said to have encouraged the Lacedaemonians by his songs in their war with the Messenians, and in this way to have given them the upper hand. He is of very ancient date, being contemporary with the Seven Sages as they are ...
A chapter from a book that explores the myth and history of poets as scapegoats, warriors and heroes in Greco-Roman and Indo-European cultures. It analyzes the legend of Tyrtaeus, an Athenian poet who became a Spartan general in the Second Messenian War.
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May 17, 2024 · In the middle of the 7th century BC, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta was engulfed in the Second Messenian War. It would become a pivotal conflict that would define Sparta’s future military and social structure. It was at this time that a poet named Tyrtaeus emerged. His poetry thundered through the ranks of the Spartan warriors and ,as odd as it seems to modern readers, his verses ...
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