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name: Alcman Lacedaemonius
name_greek: Ἀλκμάν ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος
eul_aid: adw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/alcman-lacedaemonius-adw"
period: Archaic
dialect: Doric
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Alcman Lacedaemonius

*Ἀλκμάν ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος*

**eul_aid:** `adw` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/alcman-lacedaemonius-adw)

Alcman, a Doric lyric poet of Sparta from the 7th century BCE. Read his surviving choral poetry. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Poetry](https://eulogikon.org/works/alcman-lacedaemonius-poetry-fragments-adw-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ποίησεως* · `adw-ab`
- [Hymn to the Dioscuri and Heroes](https://eulogikon.org/works/alcman-lacedaemonius-hymn-dioscuri-heroes-adw-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `adw-aa`

## License and provenance

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