Alcaeus of Mytilene, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos

Alcaeus of Mytilene, lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos, c. - e625 - c. - e580 BC. Gained fame with Sappho at the 45th Olympiad during the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. From a Lesbian bronze coin. Alceo. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Classical Mythology Coin Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Island Greek Myth Guillaume Vallet Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Lesbian Lesbos Lyric Poet Orator Poem Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Sappho

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