Likymnios of Chios ( gr, Λικύμνιος, la, Licymnius) was an ancient Greek

dithyrambic The dithyramb (; grc, διθύραμβος, ''dithyrambos'') was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility; the term was also used as an epithet of the god. Plato, in ''The Laws'', while discussing ...

poet from

Chios Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of masti ...

, probably born in the fourth century BC although this is not certain.

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ph ...

mentions him in his "''Rhetoric''", saying that Likymnios' works were as good in written form as spoken or better.''The Oxford Classical Dictionary''
s.v. Licymnius, p. 836
He is also mentioned by Chaeremon of Alexandria. One of his poems, a prayer for health, was preserved by

Sextus Empiricus Sextus Empiricus ( grc-gre, Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός, ; ) was a Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher and Empiric school physician. His philosophical works are the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman Pyrrhonism, and bec ...

, although the attribution is uncertain and it might be by another poet. Partii says that he wrote a poem about the conquest of

Sardis Sardis () or Sardes (; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 ''Sfard''; el, Σάρδεις ''Sardeis''; peo, Sparda; hbo, ספרד ''Sfarad'') was an ancient city at the location of modern ''Sart'' (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005), near Salihli, ...

and

Eustathius of Epiphania Eustathius of Epiphania ( grc-gre, Εὐστάθιος Ἐπιφανεύς, died after 518) was a sixth-century Byzantine historian. Eustathius was born in Epiphania (modern Hama, Syria). He was probably a Christian and wrote in the time of the em ...

mentions him in a poem as .

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References

* * Smith, William, ''

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 ...

'', London (1873)
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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