Tyrtaeus
Proper noun
Meaning
Tyrtaeus
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a Greek elegiac poet who lived at Sparta about the middle of the 7th century BC.
Examples
Tyrtaeus composed elegies on a war theme, apparently for a Spartan audience.
The Messenian population was reduced to serfdom. citation Only a few fragments of Tyrtaeus' five books of martial verse survive.