Megalostrata (poet) explained
Megalostrata was a female Spartan poet known only from a fragment of the lyric poet Alcman, which is cited in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae.[1] Alcman describes her as a "golden-haired maiden enjoying the gift of the Muses".[2] None of her works survive.[3] According to Athenaeus, Megalostrata was the lover of Alcman, who loved her because of her conversational skills.[2] However, the love between Megalostrata and Alcman was probably an invention of Archytas or Chamaeleon, Athenaeus' sources for his anecdote about Megalostrata.[4]
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Notes and References
- Nikolaev. Alexander. Showing Praise in Greek Choral Lyric and Beyond. American Journal of Philology. 133. 2012. 4. 544. 10.1353/ajp.2012.0032. 162071584.
- Book: Pomeroy, Sarah B.. Spartan women. 2002. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 9780195130676. 10.
- Book: Pomeroy, Sarah B.. Spartan women. 2002. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 9780195130676. 9.
- Nikolaev. Alexander. Showing Praise in Greek Choral Lyric and Beyond. American Journal of Philology. 133. 2012. 4. 545. 10.1353/ajp.2012.0032. 162071584.