Tyrtaeus
- Textgroups:
- tlg0266
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.1442
- Tlg id:
- tlg0266
- Alt id:
- LCCN nr 93040686
- Name:
- Tyrtaeus
- Abbr:
- Tyrt.
- Alt names:
- Τυρταῖος
Tyrtée
Tyrtaios
Tirteo
Tyrtajos
Tirteu
Tirteu
Тиртей
Turtaios
Tyrtäus
Tyrtaeus, Elegiacus
Tyrt. - Field of activity:
- Elegist
- Notes:
- Data provided by the ESTC/BL
His Spartan lessons
or, the praise of valour
in the verses of Tyrtaeus
an ancient Athenian poet, 1759: t.p. (Tyrtaeus)
NUC pre-56 (Tyrtaeus)
Oxford classical dictionary, 1949 (Tyrtaeus, Elegist of the 7th cent. B.C.
led Spartans in 2nd Messenian War)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 396
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3, 1867, p. 1197-: "Tyrtaeus,son of Archembrotus, the celebrated poet, who assisted the Spartans in the Second Messenian War, was the second in order in time of the Greek Elegeiac poets, Callinus being the first..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Tyrtaeus, Spartan elegist and aulete, c. 640 BC (Suda s.v. Τυρταῖος, 1205
cf. T.' dating of Theopompus ... to two generations before his own day, 5 W). The (probably Hellenistic) edition of his poems in 5 vols. (Suda loc.cit.) contains (1) martial exhortatory elegies, (2) the Eunomía and (3) war songs..." Bowie, Ewen (Oxford). "Tyrtaeus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 09 December 2010 - Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Worldcat Identities
- Smith's Dictionary
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0266.tlg001
- Word Count:
- 1201 Click here for Work record