Lasus of Hermione
Lasus of Hermione was a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC from the city of Hermione in the Argolid. He is known to have been active at Athens under the reign of the Peisistratids. Pseudo-Plutarch's De Musica credits him with innovations in the dithyramb hymn.
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Lasus of Hermione
- Born
- 548 · Ermioni.
- Died
- 600 · Athens.
- Occupation
- poet · music theorist · writer · musicologist
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Lasus of Hermione was a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC from the city of Hermione in the Argolid. He is known to have been active at Athens under the reign of the Peisistratids. Pseudo-Plutarch's De Musica credits him with innovations in the dithyramb hymn.
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Born at Ermioni in 548, died in Athens in 600.
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548
Lasus of Hermione born at Ermioni.
600
Lasus of Hermione died at Athens.
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- 1.Herodotus 7.6.3-5
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- Battezzato, Luigi. The Cambridge Companion to Sappho. Cambridge University Press. 2021. 978-1-316-63877-4.
- Lasus. 16. 238.
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