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Alcman
(7th century BC) Greek writer. Alcman was one of the famous lyric poets of Greece and the first known to write choral lyrics in strophic form.
Alcman
Alcman was one of the famous lyric poets of Greece and the first known to write choral lyrics in strophic form. He was a slave by birth, but managed to write six books of lyric poems. His work (simple, clear and musical) was apparently often sung at festivals.
Fragment 58: Night and Sleep
Read "Fragment 58: Night and Sleep," by Alcman. "They sleep, the mountain crags and gullies, / headlands and brooks, and the whole race..."
Desired Loosenings - Alcman
Read "Desired Loosenings," by Alcman. "Desired loosenings / arms, knees, thighs, she / loos at me / more meltingly / than sleep or death, such / sweetness carries her..."