Poets Of The Ancient World Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-02 · 5 entries checked · 2 flagged · 4 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 2 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Alcman — The claim that Alcman is 'the earliest representative of the Alexandrian canon of the Nine Lyric Poets' is misleading because the canon was not called 'Alexandrian' and was compiled by Hellenistic scholars, not exclusively in Alexandria.

Alcman — The statement that 'ancient grammarians (not Apollonius Dyscolus, as sometimes claimed) described him as constantly using the Aeolic dialect' is factually incorrect because Apollonius Dyscolus did comment on Alcman's use of Aeolic forms, so the parenthetical d

Bacchylides — The claim of a commission from Athens for a Delian festival around 500 BC is not supported by reliable ancient sources.

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