Pamphos
Ancient Greek
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() is an
Athenian
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
poet, allegedly a contemporary of
Linus of Thrace, inventor of the
ialémos. Two purported short fragments of his poems survive.
History
An
Athenian
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
poet with sad and melancholy verses, asserted by
Pausanias to be the Athenians' oldest hymn-poet,
[Macmillan and Compan]
''A History of Classical Greek Literature: pt. 1. The poets [epic and lyric
with an appendix on Homer by Prof. Sayce-V. I, pt, II. The dramatic poets-V. 2, pt.1. The prose writers, from Herodotus to Plato.-V. 2, pt. II. The prose writers, from Isocrates to Aristotle'' p.14 quotation: and first to sing an
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Narcissus
Narcissus may refer to:
Biology
* ''Narcissus'' (plant), a genus containing daffodils and others
People
* Narcissus (mythology), Greek mythological character
* Narcissus (wrestler) (2nd century), assassin of the Roman emperor Commodus
* Tiberiu ...
), and describes the journeys of
Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although s ...
that followed.
References
Pausanias, Description of Greece Books I (21), VII (31, 7) and IX (29–31)
Papyrus Larousse Brittanika t.48os, article 48
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Ancient Greek poets