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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Tyrtaeus

Tyrtaeus, the Spartan poet, is said to have been an Athenian by birth. He was a lyric poet of some talent, but it was the war-songs which inspired the Spartans in their Messenian wars which made his name famous. A few of these have been preserved. He was probably still alive in 668 B.C.