Megalostrata (poet)

Megalostrata was a 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]

For other uses, see Megalostrata (disambiguation).

See also

Citations
  1. Nikolaev, Alexander (2012). "Showing Praise in Greek Choral Lyric and Beyond". American Journal of Philology. 133: 544.
  2. Pomeroy, Sarah B. (2002). Spartan women. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780195130676.
  3. Pomeroy, Sarah B. (2002). Spartan women. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780195130676.
  4. Nikolaev, Alexander (2012). "Showing Praise in Greek Choral Lyric and Beyond". American Journal of Philology. 133: 545.


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