Megalostrata
Μεγαλοστράτα
(Μεγαλοστράτα), a Lacedaemonian poetess, beloved by Aleman, the following fragment from whom contains all that is known of her:
τοῦθʼ ἁδεᾶν Μωσᾶν ἔδειξε
δῶρον μάκαιρα παρθένων
ἁ ξανθὰ Μεγαλοστράτα.
(Alcman, Fr. apud Ath. xiii. p. 600. f., No. 27 in Welcker, 18 in Schneidewin's Delect. Poes. Graec., 21 in Bergk's Poet. Lyr. Graec.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.