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Alcaeus of Mytilene

620 BC - 560 BC

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Alcaeus of Mytilene (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Alkaios ho Mutilēnaios; c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC) was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. He was a contemporary of Sappho, with whom he may have exchanged poems. He was born into the aristocratic governing class of Mytilene, the main city of Lesbos, where he was involved in political disputes and feuds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alcaeus of Mytilene is the 259th most popular writer (up from 272nd in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Greece (up from 74th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Writer.

Alcaeus of Mytilene is most famous for being a lyric poet in ancient Greece. He was born in Mytilene and was one of the Nine Lyric Poets.

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Among writers, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 259 out of 7,302. Before him are Dario Fo, Johanna Spyri, Joseph Heller, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, and J. K. Rowling. After him are Primo Levi, Herta Müller, Dale Carnegie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jordanes, and Bartolomé de las Casas.

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Among people born in 620 BC, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 2. Before him is Aesop. After him is Sushruta. Among people deceased in 560 BC, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 1. After him are Alyattes of Lydia, Thespis, Myia, Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, and Dorieus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 67 out of 1,024. Before him are Pope Eleutherius (171), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), Pyrrho (-365), Polykleitos (-450), and Nikos Kazantzakis (1883). After him are Epaminondas (-418), Pope Dionysius (200), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Isocrates (-436), Constantine I of Greece (1868), and Nana Mouskouri (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Alcaeus of Mytilene ranks 10. Before him are Euripides (-480), Aeschylus (-525), Sappho (-630), Pindar (-517), Menander (-342), and Nikos Kazantzakis (1883). After him are Arion (-700), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Phaedrus (-20), and Lysias (-445).

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