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Alcaeus of Mytilene

Alcaeus

also: Alcaeus, Alcaeo

The archaic Greek lyric poet of Lesbos (c. 620 BC), famed for his political and convivial verse. Cicero notes that this brave and politically active man nonetheless wrote poems about the love of young men.

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Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions

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