Polyidus

Ancient Greek dithyrambic poet

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Also known as Polyidus of Selymbria · Polyidos · Polyides

Citizenship: Classical Athens
Occupation: painter
, dithyrambic poet
, musician
+2 more
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek

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Polyidus was an ancient Greek dithyrambic poet who was also skillful as a painter; he seems to have been esteemed almost as highly as Timotheus of Miletus. One of his pupils, Philotas, once defeated Timotheus in competition. According to Plutarch, Polyidus outdid Timotheus in those intricate variations, for the introduction of which the musicians of this period are so frequently attacked by contemporaries.

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Sex or gender: male
Floruit: 5th century BCE
4th century BCE
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Writing language: Ancient Greek
Significant place: Selymbria
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1.Stated in Parian Chronicle
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