Alcman granitsas biography for kids

Alcman's nationality was a matter of dispute even in ancient days. Unfortunately, the vitae of the ancient authors were often deduced from biographic readings of their poetry and the details are often untrustworthy. Antipater of Thessalonica wrote that poets have "many mothers" and that the continents of Europe and Asia both claimed Alcman as their son.[2] Frequently assumed to have been born in Sardis, capital of ancient Lydia, the Suda Lexicon claims that Alcman was actually a Laconian from Messoa.[3] The compositeness of his dialect may have helped to maintain the uncertainty of his origins, but the many references to Lydian and Asian c

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