• Alcaeus of Messene (/ælˈsiːəs/; Greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μεσσήνιος) was an ancient Greek poet, who flourished between 219 and 196 BC. Twenty-two of his short...
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  • poet Alcaeus (comic poet) (fl. 388 BC), a Greek Old Comedy poet Alcaeus of Messene (late 3rd/early 2nd century BC), a Greek epigrammatist Alcaeus and Philiscus...
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    symbols. Messene (Greek: Μεσσήνη 𐀕𐀼𐀙 Messini), officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) of Messenia...
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    Jones, Kenneth R. (2014). "Alcaeus of Messene, Philip V and the Colossus of Rhodes: A re-examination of Anth. Pal. 6.171". The Classical Quarterly...
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  • essayist, playwright and academic Alcaeus (fl. 4th c. BCE, Athens, p/d) Alcaeus of Messene (fl. 219–196 BCE, Greece, p) Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580...
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  • epigram of Alcaeus of Messene, who was a contemporary of Philip V of Macedon. Pliny mentions a mountain Macynium, which must have been part of Mount Taphiassus...
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    crusader Alcaeus (4th c. BCE), Athenian comic poet in Greek Alcaeus of Messene (fl. late 3rd/early 2nd c. BCE), Greek writer of verse epigrams Alcaeus of Mytilene...
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  • BC Albinus – philosopher Alcaeus – comic and lyric poet Alcaeus of Messene – Greek author of a number of epigrams Alcaeus of Mytilene – playwright Alcamenes...
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    Greek Anthology (category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology)
    Orator Agathias Scholasticus Agis of Argos Alcaeus of Mytilene Alcaeus of Messene Alexander of Aetolia Alexander of Magnesia Alpheus Mytilenaeus Ammianus...
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  • Polystratus (category Mythology of Achaea)
    known from an epigram uncovered in Dyme, Achaea, which is ascribed to Alcaeus of Messene: according to it, Polystratus accompanied Heracles in his campaign...
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  • Dioscorides, Anyte of Tegea, Alcaeus of Messene, Simonides of Magnesia, Bion of Smyrna, Moschus, Antipater of Sidon, Philodemus, Meleager of Gadara, Catullus...
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    Heracles (redirect from Glory of Hera)
     "glory/fame of Hera"), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene...
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    to Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. On Alcaeus (Περὶ Ἀλκαίου) – This was a monograph on the Lesbian poet Alcaeus of Mitylene. Works on Homer and Euripides...
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  • century BC Melandrus, late 7th century BC Myrsilus, late 7th century BC, (Alcaeus was against him) Pittacus, fl. 600 BC (resigned after ten years) Coes,...
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    rebuilt a number of those destroyed by Sparta. He equally supported the reconstruction of the city of Messene thanks to an invasion of Laconia that also...
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  • of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections. Children of Priam Homeric Neleides Sons of...
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    Pelasgians (category Ancient peoples of Anatolia)
    apparent Indo-European etymology include Athēnai (Athens), Mykēnai (Mycene), Messēnē, Kyllēnē (Cyllene), Cyrene, Mytilene, etc. (note the common -ēnai/ēnē ending);...
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  • Alastor Alazon Alcaeus Alcaeus and Philiscus Alcaeus of Mytilene Alcaic stanza Alcamenes Alcamenes, son of Sthenelaides Alcathous Alcathous of Elis Alces...
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    Sicyon Elis Elis (city) Olympia Figaleia Laconia Sparta Gytheio Messenia Messene Ithome Pylos Central Greece Aeniania Attica Athens Eleusis Laurion Marathon...
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    involuntary exile in the larnax are quickly recounted, and Perseus' siring of Alcaeus, Sthenelus and Electryon by Andromeda also comes in quick succession....
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