Megalostrata (Ancient Greek: Μεγαλοστράτα) was a female Spartan poet known only from a fragment of the lyric poet Alcman, which is cited in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae.[1] Alcman describes her as a "golden-haired maiden enjoying the gift of the Muses".[2] None of her works survive.[3] According to Athenaeus, Megalostrata was the lover of Alcman, who loved her because of her conversational skills.[2] However, the love between Megalostrata and Alcman was probably an invention of Archytas or Chamaeleon, Athenaeus' sources for his anecdote about Megalostrata.[4]
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edit- ^ Nikolaev, Alexander (2012). "Showing Praise in Greek Choral Lyric and Beyond". American Journal of Philology. 133 (4): 544. doi:10.1353/ajp.2012.0032. S2CID 162071584.
- ^ a b Pomeroy, Sarah B. (2002). Spartan women. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780195130676.
- ^ Pomeroy, Sarah B. (2002). Spartan women. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780195130676.
- ^ Nikolaev, Alexander (2012). "Showing Praise in Greek Choral Lyric and Beyond". American Journal of Philology. 133 (4): 545. doi:10.1353/ajp.2012.0032. S2CID 162071584.
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