Rhianus of Bene

Also known as: Rhianus · Role: poet · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 6

Book 4 · Chapter 6

• with Myron of Priene (Both recorded the Messenian war, Rhianus in poetry and Myron in prose.) “which Rhianus of Bene and Myron of Priene have celebrated, the former in poetry, the latter in prose”
• with Aristomenes (Rhianus included Aristomenes in his poem.) “this hero (I say) has been introduced by Myron into his history, and by Rhianus into his poem”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.