Pronomus

Role: flute-player · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 12

Life events

Pronomus invented flutes capable of playing every musical measure.(Book 9 · Chapter 12)
- “And Pronomus was the first who saw that flutes were fit for every kind of measure, and was the first to play different measures on the same flute.”
The Thebans erected statues honoring Pronomus and Epaminondas.(Book 9 · Chapter 12)
- With: Epaminondas
- “To him and to Epaminondas the son of Polymnis the Thebans erected statues here.”

with Epaminondas (The Thebans erected statues to both Pronomus and Epaminondas.) “There is also the statue of Pronomus, a man most attractive as a flute-player. For a long time flute-players had only three kinds of flutes, for some played in the Dorian measure, and other flutes were adapted to the Phrygian and Lydian measures. And Pronomus was the first who saw that flutes were fit for every kind of measure, and was the first to play different measures on the same flute. It is said also that by the appearance of his features and the motion of all his body he gave wonderful pleasure in the theatre, and a processional song of his is extant for the dwellers at Chalcis near the Euripus who came to Delos. To him and to Epaminondas the son of Polymnis the Thebans erected statues here.”
with Epaminondas (The Thebans honored both men with statues at the same place.) “To him and to Epaminondas the son of Polymnis the Thebans erected statues here.”

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