Arion

Arion in Wikipedia

Arion (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίων, gen.: Ἀρίωνος) was a legendary[1] kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb: "As a literary composition for chorus dithyramb was the creation of Arion of Corinth,"[2] The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of ...

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Arion in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(Ἀρίων). 1. An ancient Greek bard and great master on the cithara, was a native of Methymna in Lesbos, and, according to some accounts, a son of Cyclon or of Poseidon and the nymph Oncaea. He is called the inventor of the dithyrambic poetry, and of the name dithyramb. (Hdt. 1.23; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 13.25.) All traditions about him agree in de...

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