Phrynis
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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.
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- 0500-00-00
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- 0416-00-00
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- 0446-00-00
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- 0416-00-00
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- 0450-00-00
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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.
Phrynnis was born in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, but later lived and made his career at Athens. His father's name seems to have been "Camon" or "Cambon" but the true form is very doubtful. Respecting his own name, also, there is some doubt among scholars, but the form "Phrynnis" is the genuine Aeolic Greek form.