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The
nine lyric poets (
nine melic poets) were a canon of
archaic Greek composers esteemed by the scholars of
Hellenistic Alexandria as worthy of critical study.
They were:
- Alcman (choral lyric, seventh century BC)
- Sappho (monodic lyric, c. 600 BC)
- Alcaeus (monodic lyric, c. 600 BC)
- Anacreon (monodic lyric, sixth century BC)
- Stesichorus (choral lyric, sixth century BC)
- Ibycus (choral lyric, sixth century BC)
- Simonides (choral lyric, sixth century BC)
- Pindar (choral lyric, fifth century BC)
- Bacchylides (choral lyric, fifth century BC)
In most Greek sources the word,
melikos, is used (from
melos "song"), but some authors have,
lyrikos, which eventually becomes the regular word in Latin (
lyricus) and in the modern languages.
The ancient scholars defined the genre on the basis of the metrical form, not the content. Thus some types of poetry which would be included under the label,
lyric, in modern literary criticism are nevertheless excluded, namely the
elegy and the
iambus.
The poetry of these poets is traditionally divided into
choral poetry and
monodic lyric. This division is, however, contested by some modern scholars.
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