---
name: Tyrtaeus of Sparta
name_greek: Τυρταῖος ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος
eul_aid: ahi
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/tyrtaeus-of-sparta-ahi"
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Tyrtaeus of Sparta

*Τυρταῖος ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος*

**eul_aid:** `ahi` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/tyrtaeus-of-sparta-ahi)

Tyrtaeus, a 7th century BCE Spartan poet known for martial elegies. Read his surviving fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Spartan Constitution (Papyrus Fragments)](https://eulogikon.org/works/tyrtaeus-sparta-constitution-ahi-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Λακωνικῆς Πολιτείας* · `ahi-aa`
- [Spartan Constitution (Testimonies)](https://eulogikon.org/works/tyrtaeus-sparta-constitution-ahi-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Λακωνικῆς Πολιτείας* · `ahi-ab`

## License and provenance

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