CINAETHUS

CINAETHUS
CINAETHUS
Homeri carmina primus conventibus publicis recitavit: perperam enim tradunt nonnulli, Demetrium Phalereum primum dedisse eos, quos Homeristas cognominârunt; cum Homeridarum appellationem etiam apud Pindarum legamus. Appellati autem sunt Ο῾μηρίδαι, sive ab officio, sive, ut aliqui voluêre, quod ex eius familia illius cantum tamquam heredes circumferrent. Iul. Caes. Scaliger, Poetic. l. 1. c. 41. Vide quoque infra ubi de Homeridis et Rhapfodis.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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  • Cynaethus — or Cinaethus (Κύναιθος or Κίναιθος) of Chios was a rhapsode, a member of the Homeridae, sometimes said to have composed the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. The main source of information on Cynaethus is a Scholium to Pindar s second Nemean ode.[1] This… …   Wikipedia

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