Thaletas
Thaletas ( Greek Θαλήτας , sometimes incorrectly Thales ) was a Greek choral lyric poet of the 7th century BC. From Gortyn on Crete . Together with Xenodamos of Kythera , Xenokritos of Lokroi and others, he was involved in musical reforms in Sparta in the period after Terpander . He was the composer of Paianen and Hyporchemata . Later metrics ascribed to him the introduction of the rhythms of the peon and the Kreticus named after him in Sparta. Since he is said to have ended an epidemic, Polymnestus is said to have written an epic in his honor.
literature
- David A. Campbell (Ed.): Greek Lyric. Vol. 2 (= Loeb Classical Library 143 ). Cambridge, Mass. 1988, ISBN 0-674-99158-3 , pp. 267, 320-329.
- Lutz Käppel : Thaletas. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12,1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996-2015, ISBN 3-476-01470-3 , Sp. 238.
- Lutz Käppel: Paian: Studies on the history of a genus. de Gruyter, Berlin & New York 1992, ISBN 3-11-012967-1 , pp. 349-351.
- Ian Rutherford : Pindar's Paeans. A reading of the fragments with a survey of the genre. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2008 (reprint), ISBN 978-0-19-814381-9 , p. 37.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pausania's description of Greece 1,14,4; Plutarch Lykurgos 4
- ↑ a b Pseudo-Plutarch De musica 9,1134b-c.
- ↑ Scholion zu Pindar Pythische Oden 2,127
- ↑ Pseudo-Plutarch De musica 10.1134d.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thaletas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thaletas Musicus; Thaletas of Gortyn; Thaletas of Sparta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek choral lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |