Tyrtaeus

Tyrtaeus (Greek: Τυρταῖος Tyrtaios; fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books.

Quotes

• Τεθνάμεναι γὰρ καλὸν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι πεσόντα
  ἄνδρ᾿ ἀγαθὸν περὶ ᾗ πατρίδι μαρνάμενον.
  • How glorious fall the valiant, sword in hand,
    In front of battle for their native land!
  • Fragment 10, as translated by Thomas Campbell, Poetical Works (1837), p. 59