Lived in Sparta towards the end of the seventh century BC. He is best known for his choral lyrics, especially his 'Parthencia' or 'maiden-songs'.

     The mountain summits sleep, glens, cliffs and caves,
     Are silent - all the black earth's reptile brood -
     The bees - the wild beasts of the mountain wood;
     In depths beneath the dark red ocean's waves
     Its monsters rest, whilst wrapt in bower and spray
     Each bird is hush'd that stretch'd its pinions to the day.

(trans. Thomas Campbell, 1821)