# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tyrtaeus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:28:41.754Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tyrtaeus"
name: "Tyrtaeus"
slug: "tyrtaeus"
description: "Tyrtaeus was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books. His works survive from quotations and papyri, and include 250 lines or parts of lines. He wrote at a time of two crises affecting the city: a civic unrest threatening the authority of kings and elders, later recalled in a poem named Eunomia, where he reminded citizens to respect the divine and constitutional roles of kings, council, and demos; and the Second Messenian War, during which he served as a sort of \"state poet\", exhorting Spartans to fight to the death for their city. In the 4th century BC, when Tyrtaeus was an established classic, Spartan armies on campaign were made to listen to his poetry. The Suda states that he wrote martial songs; these were important in Spartan festivals and were done through anapaestic and iambic chants that accompanied armed dances and processions."
tagline: "Greek lyric poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moreau_-_Tyrt%C3%A9e%2C_cat.96.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-700"
deathDate: "-700"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.888092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrtaios"
    title: "Tyrtaios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тиртей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tirteu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrtaios_ze_Sparty"
    title: "Tyrtaios ze Sparty"
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    title: "Tyrtaios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tirteu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tyrtaios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tirteo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrtaiosz"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ტირტეოსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "티르타이오스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirtajs"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tirteo"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump