Nine Lyric Poets

The nine lyric poets were a canon of ancient Greek authors who have been found worthy by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria for a critical study.

For lyric canon included:

  • Alcman ( choral lyric, 7th century BC)
  • Sappho ( monodic lyric, sixth century BC)
  • Alkaios ( monodic lyric, sixth century BC)
  • Anacreon ( monodic lyric, sixth century BC)
  • Stesichorus ( choral lyric, sixth century BC)
  • Ibycus ( choral lyric, sixth century BC)
  • Simonides of Ceos ( choral lyric, fifth century BC)
  • Pindar ( choral lyric, fifth century BC)
  • Bacchylides ( choral lyric, fifth century BC)

The writings of these poets is traditionally divided into choral lyric and monodic poetry. This separation is, however, now being questioned. This lyric canon included only nine poets who texts written in verse ( poetry or song Melik ); besides, there was the other poetic genres of Iambos, the elegy, which are nowadays also referred to as Greek Poetry, and which also always in the tempo, drawn large forms of the epic and the drama.

The most important poet after Sappho, Korinna was partially attributed to this Alexandrian canon.

  • Antiquity ( literature)
  • Literature ( Greek)
Iamb (poetry) Corinna
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