Scamon of Mytilene
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Ancient Greek historian
Scamon of Mytilene was an ancient Greek historian. He wrote a treatise entitled Περὶ Εὑρημάτων (alternatively translated as about "discoveries" or "inventions").[1] [2] [3] According to the Suda, Scamon claimed that Actaeus named the Phoenician letters in honor of his daughter Phoenice after she died a virgin.[3]
Athenaeus, in his work Deipnosophists , wrote that Scamon claimed that the satyric dance known as the Sicinnis was so named from ἀπὸ τοῦ σείεσθα ("being shaken"), and that its first dancer was Thersippus.[2]
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[edit ]- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1867). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Boston: Little, Brown and co. p. 734. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b Athenaeus. Deipnosophists. Archived from the original on 23 Feb 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b Suda Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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