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Nine Lyric Poets
Group of ancient Greek poets
Nine Lyric Poets
The Nine Lyric or Melic Poets were a canonical group of ancient Greek poets esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria as worthy of critical study. In the Palatine Anthology it is said that they established lyric song. They were: Alcman of Sparta (choral lyric, 7th century BC) Sappho of Mytilene or Eresos of Lesbos (monodic lyric, 7th century BC) Alcaeus of Mytilene of Lesbos (monodic lyric, 7th century BC) Anacreon of Teos (monodic lyric, 6th century BC) Stesichorus of Metauros (choral lyric, 7th century BC) Ibycus of Rhegium (choral lyric, 6th century BC) Simonides of Ceos (choral lyric, 6th century BC) Bacchylides of Ceos (choral lyric, 5th century BC) Pindar of Thebes (choral lyric, 5th century BC) In most Greek sources the word melikos (from melos, "song") is used to refer to these poets, but the variant lyrikos (from lyra, "lyre") became the regular form in both Latin (as lyricus) and in modern languages. The ancient scholars defined the genre on the basis of the musical...
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