Arion Court
Arion (; grc-gre, wikt:Ἀρίων, Ἀρίων; Floruit, fl. c. 700 BC) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysus, Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos Island, Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Ancient Corinth, Corinth. Although notable for his musical inventions, Arion is chiefly remembered for the fantastic myth of his kidnapping by pirates and miraculous rescue by dolphins, a folklore, folktale motif. Origins Arion was a native of Methymna in Lesbos, and, according to some mythological accounts, a son of Cyclon or of Poseidon and the nymph Oncaea. All traditions about him agree in describing him as a contemporary and friend of Periander, tyrant of Corinth, so that he must have lived about BC 700. He appears to have spent a great part of his life at the court of Periander, but respecting his life and his poetical or musical productions, scarcely anything is known beyond the st ...
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