Corinna

Family: Greek mythology · Role: poet · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 20

Life events

• Corinna defeated Pindar in a poetic contest at Thebes.(Book 9 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Thebes)
  • With: Pindar
  • “her head is adorned with a fillet because of her victory over Pindar at Thebes”

Book 9 · Chapter 20

• with Tanagra (Corinna wrote verses about Tanagra.) “Corinna in her verses about her says that she was the daughter of Asopus”

Book 9 · Chapter 22

• rivals with Pindar “her head is adorned with a fillet because of her victory over Pindar at Thebes.”

Also listed in Greek Mythology — Minor Figures

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