Ancient Greek dithyrambic poets

right|thumb|A Musician by Albert Joseph Moore Bacchylides (; Bakkhulides; – ) was a Greek lyric poet. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets, which included his uncle Simonides. The elegance and polished style of his lyrics have been noted in Bacchylidean scholarship since at least Longinus. Some scholars have characterized these qualities as superficial charm. He has often been compared unfavourably with his contemporary, Pindar, as "a kind of Boccherini to Pindar's Haydn". However, the differences in their styles do not allow for easy comparison, and translator R

thumb|upright|Marble sculpture of a dancing female figure, sometimes identified as Lysippus' sculpture of Praxilla. Praxilla (), was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC from Sicyon on the Gulf of Corinth. Five quotations attributed to Praxilla and three paraphrases from her poems survive. The surviving fragments attributed to her come from both religious choral lyric and drinking songs (skolia); the three paraphrases are all versions of myths. Various social contexts have been suggested for Praxilla based on this range of surviving works. These include that Praxilla was a hetaira (courtes

5th-century BC Greek poet, dramatist and philosopher

Greek harpist and poet (c. 446 – 357 BC)

Greek poet (c. 435/4 – 380/79 BC)

6th-century BC Greek lyric poet

Athenian dithyrambic poet (c.450–390 BC)

Melanippides of Melos (), one of the most celebrated lyric poets in the use of dithyramb, and an exponent of the "new music."

ancient Greek musician

ancient Greek poet and rhetorician

thumb|Representation of the poet at work. Phrynnis or Phrynis ( or ) of Mytilene was a celebrated dithyrambic poet of ancient Greece, who lived roughly around the time of the Peloponnesian War. His career began no later than 446 BCE.