Phrynichus (
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Phrynichus (tragic poet)
Phrynichus (; ), son of Polyphradmon and pupil of Thespis, was one of the earliest of the Greek tragedians. Some ancients regarded him as the real founder of tragedy. Phrynichus is said to have died in Sicily. His son Polyphrasmon was also a p ...
or Phrynichus Tragicus (6th-5th century BC), abbreviated in lexica as
hryn.Trag. pioneer of Greek tragedy, most famous for ''The Fall of Miletus''
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Phrynichus (comic poet)
Phrynichus (; ) was a poet of the Old Attic comedy and a contemporary of Aristophanes. His first comedy was exhibited in 429 BC. He composed ten plays, of which the ''Recluse'' was exhibited at the City Dionysia in 414 along with the ''Birds'' of ...
or Phrynichus Comicus (late 5th century BC), abbreviated in lexica as
hryn.Com. writer of old Attic comedy
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Phrynichus (oligarch) (died 411 BC), Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War who took a leading part in establishing the oligarchy of the Four Hundred
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Phrynichus Arabius or Phrynichus Atticista (2nd century AD), abbreviated in lexica as
hryn. grammarian and rhetorician
Animals
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''Phrynichus'' (arachnid), a genus in the order Amblypygi
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