There is not one Greek lyric devoted to what we should designate love, with perhaps something like an exception in Alcman.
Compare with this the language of Alcman, as the poet has represented him in the following lines.
Alcman was a native of Sardis, and a slave of Agesilaus the Spartan.
Alcman, the great lyric poet of Sparta (Lydian by birth), brought the so-called Lydian measure to its highest perfection.
Alcman delights in speaking of his porridge, and Alcæus of the various implements of war which adorned his hall.
